Homo-polar DC electric generator with positive electromagnetic and positive electro-mechanical feedback

ABSTRACT

A system consisting of a magnet mounted on a shaft wherein both North and South poles are enclosed within the volume of a cylindrical coil and said shaft is spun by mechanical means thereby producing a current in said coil primarily by way of the Lorentz force and as said system slows down there is inherent positive Electro-magnetic and Electro-mechanical feedback.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a method and system of converting mechanicalenergy into electrical energy to charge a battery or to be applied toany device requiring the flow of electric charge to function. Suchsystems are known as electric generators or electro-magnetic generatorsor electro-mechanical generators.

In general, most systems in the prior art exploit Faraday's law toconvert mechanical kinetic energy into electric potential energy. Thisrequires creating an arrangement of coils and magnets in combinationsuch that the mechanical motion either of magnet or coils or acombination thereof results in in a time changing magnetic flux throughthe cross-sectional area defined by the turns or wire loops of thecoils. Then by Faraday's Law an electric potential appears between thetwo opposing wire ends of the coils. The electric potential is alsoreferred to as a voltage or an electro-motive force. The electro-motiveforce is also referred to as an EMF in the literature relating toelectromagnetism. Stated mathematically Faraday's law is written as

=−dΦ_(B)/dt. In this equation Φ_(B) is the magnetic flux through thecoil loops.

is the EMF or voltage between the wire ends of the coils.

The proposed invention is very different than these other electricgenerators. In the proposed invention There are critical conditions thatare absent in the prior art. In particular the unobvious criticalcondition is that the magnetic flux through the coils Φ_(B) is constant.This means dΦ_(B)/dt is zero and Faraday's law says that the voltageinduced between the wire ends of the coil

is zero. In the proposed invention

however is not zero as predicted by Faraday's Law thus making theinvention unobvious. Further in the operation of the invention the EMFinduced in the coils is not due to Faraday's Law but is however due tothe Lorentz force on electrons in the metal out of which the conductingcoils are composed. Since the Lorentz force does no work on electronsbecause it is in a direction perpendicular to the motion of saidelectrons the proposed electric generator is more energy efficient thanthose generators that have preceded it. Further the novel arrangement ofcoils and magnets allows the Lorentz force to be the primary source ofelectron motion and as a secondary action Faraday's Law serves to keepthe generator spinning instead of causing it to slow down as in previousgenerators. Therefore, the electromagnetic drag from Faraday's Law ispresent in those generators in the prior art that are AC generators andabsent in this drag is absent in the proposed invention.

Referring to FIG. 0 what is shown is a permanent magnet 41 with north 43and south 45 poles. Further included are the magnetic field lines 47.This invention relates to a novel use of a permanent magnet. Themagnetic field lines of a permanent magnet are called a magnetic dipolefield.

Referring to FIG. 1 what is shown is a permanent magnet 51 near a wireloop 53. Said magnet has both south 63 and north 65 poles with magneticfields shown as the vector fields 55 and 67. The leading portion of themagnetic field which initially enters the area defined by said loop isdefined as B_(i) and is shown as 55. If the magnet moves in thedirection of the loop with the north pole closest to the loop anelectric field 59 is induced in the loop which creates a current I 61 inthe loop. This current produces a second magnetic field B_(r) 57 whichopposes the initial magnetic field B_(i) 55 from the permanent magnet.The fact that these two fields oppose each other means that as you pushthe magnet towards the loop with your hand you will feel the secondarymagnetic field B_(r) 57 exerting a force on the magnet in your hand andpushing your hand away from the loop in a direction opposite to thedirection towards the loop which is the direction you are pushing it.This is mother nature making you work to get the current I 61 out of theloop. So, Faraday's Law enables you to convert the mechanical energy ofa moving magnet into an electrical current which comprises electricalenergy. However, the very nature of Faraday's Law is that the loopreacts with a magnetic field in such a way so as to fight the initialimposed magnetic field of the moving permanent magnet. Faraday's Law isstated above and can also be stated with the electric field in theequation mathematically as

$= {{\int{{( \overset{->}{E} ) \cdot \delta}\;\overset{->}{r}}} = {- \frac{d\;\Phi}{dt}}}$

where Φ is the magnetic flux through the loop and ∫({right arrow over(E)})·δ{right arrow over (r)} is the line integral of the inducedelectric field around the path defined by the loop. € is the induced emfaround the loop. Faraday's Law is the basis for most electric generatorswhich convert a time changing magnetic flux into a time changingelectric field which produces time changing currents. Therefore, it isemployed to take mechanical kinetic energy and convert it intoelectrical energy, but the electrical energy has a time derivative thatis nonzero. All AC generators are an application of Faraday's Law. Theproposed invention does not employ Faraday's Law to convert mechanicalkinetic energy into electrical energy primarily. The proposed inventionis a DC generator not an AC generator. Faraday's comes into an play as asecondary effect in the proposed invention in such a way as to helpenhance the creation of electric energy instead of fighting the creationof electric energy like it does in time changing of AC generators.

The proposed invention is an application of the law of nature known asthe Lorentz Force which stated mathematically is F=q{right arrow over(v)}×{right arrow over (B)}. This means that moving electric charges qare deflected by magnetic fields B because they experience a forceperpendicular to their velocity v. Equivalently a moving magnetic fieldwill deflect a stationary electric charge.

The proposed invention is a DC electric generator which convertsrotational mechanical kinetic energy into electrical energy by way of aDC voltage which can deliver DC current. The class of such devices arethe early DC generators which originated with the Faraday disk inventedby Michael Faraday and later improved upon by Nikola Tesla as well asmany others thereafter. Such devices are referred to in the literatureas a Faraday Disk Electric Generators, DC Electric Dynamos, HomopolarElectric Generators, Homopolar DC Electric Generators and UnipolarElectric Generators. The basic principle behind these devices can beillustrated in FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2 what is shown is acylindrical shaft 75 with a disk 77 mounted thereon, said shaft being acylinder and said disk being a cylinder of lesser height and largerdiameter, and said cylinders both having common geometric axes. Saidshaft being suspended by a bearing assembly which constrains the shaftso that it can only spin about its axis and no other motion is possible.Said bearing assembly not being shown for its presence in the figure isnot necessary to elucidate the function of faraday's invention. Furtherincluded in FIG. 2 are a north pole 69 and a south pole 71 of apermanent magnet arranged so as to provide a magnetic field B_(o) 73which is parallel to the axis of said shaft 75 and everywhereperpendicular to the planar area defined by said disk 77. Theaforementioned are the basic structures of Faraday's invention. Theoperation of the Faraday disk is seen when the shaft disk system isgiven mechanical rotation by some external means. Imagine that you arelooking at the plane of the disk along the line of sight from the northpole of said permanent magnet towards the south pole of said permanentmagnet and from that perspective you see the disk spinningcounterclockwise with an angular frequency ω 79. Said disk is composedof a metallic conducting material wherein electrons, which have negativeelectric charge, are free to move. Again, looking in the directionspecified wherein said disk is seen spinning counterclockwise saidelectrons will be moving in circles in a counterclockwise direction asviewed from said north pole towards said south pole. These electronswill experience a Lorentz Force in a direction which is from the shafttowards the periphery of said disk causing an accumulation of electrons81 at the outer edge of said disk and an accumulation of positive charge83 at the center region of said disk. These electrons 81 because oftheir circular motion will generate a secondary magnetic field B₁ 85which is parallel to the field of said permanent magnet B_(o) 73. As theFaraday disk begins to slow down because of friction in the bearings thetotal magnetic field cutting through the plane of the disk which is thesum of B_(o) 73 and B₁ 85 starts decreasing with time. As this happensthe magnetic flux through the plane of said disk in a direction fromsaid North pole to said south pole starts decreasing with time. Thiscauses the creation of an electric field E 87 by way of Faraday's Law ofinduction at the edge of said disk and tangent to the edge of said diskin a clockwise sense when viewed as looking from said north pole piecetowards said south pole piece. Said electric field E 87 exerts a force89 on the electrons 81 that are gathered at the periphery of said disk.This force 89 exerts a torque on said disk which serves as positivemechanical feedback to keep the disk spinning in its originalcounterclockwise direction as viewed from said north pole towards saidsouth pole. The result is that an electric potential difference orvoltage is generated between the periphery of said disk and said shaft.Upon placing electrical contacts at said disk periphery and said shaftelectrical current can be drawn out of the system and mechanicalrotational energy has been converted into electrical energy. The Faradaydisk was invented by Michael Faraday in 1831 and like the proposedinvention it does not suffer from the electromagnetic drag of all ACgenerators. Also like the proposed invention it has positiveelectro-mechanical feedback.

The proposed invention is an unobvious novel Faraday Disk generatorwherein said external pole pieces are absent, said disk is itself apermanent magnet, and a said disk-shaft system is enclosed inside acylindrical coil of conductive windings wherein the cylindrical shape ofsaid windings has an axis that is coincidental and parallel with theaxis of said shaft. The result is a DC Homopolar electric generator withpositive electro-magnetic and electro-mechanical feedback. Thedifference of the proposed invention from the Faraday disk and other DCgenerators, in its function, is by way of a novel arrangement ofstructures the proposed invention produces an electric current directlywhich is a flow of electrons by way of the Lorentz force and theproposed invention also has the combination of electro-magnetic andelectro-mechanical feedback working together to enhance performance.This combination is absent in the previous DC generators.

Objects and Advantages

-   -   (a) The proposed invention does not have the electromagnetic        drag associated with time dependent AC generators which employ        Faraday's Law to generate the electric current.    -   (b) The Proposed invention exploits the Lorentz Force to        generate an electric current directly without having to use        brushes as is required in other homopolar devices.    -   (c) In the proposed invention Faraday's Law serves to generate        an electric field that keeps the electric current generated        going in the same direction as the Faraday disk structure of the        proposed invention begins to slow because of friction. This is        novel positive electro-magnetic feedback.    -   (d) Faraday's Law serves to generate an electric field that        exerts a mechanical torque that keeps the Faraday disk structure        spinning in the same direction as the Faraday disk structure of        the proposed invention begins to slow because of friction. This        is novel positive electro-mechanical feedback because it        co-exists with said electro-magnetic feedback.

PRIOR ART

The following patent numbers are DC generators that are evolutions ofthe Faraday disk which is a Homopolar DC generator. The specificcombination of positive electro-mechanical and positive electro-magneticfeedback of the proposed invention that is described in the followingpages is absent in the prior art.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG.-0 Dipole field of a Permanent Magnet FIG.-1 Exhibition of Magneticinduction of Faraday's Law FIG.-2 Faraday Disk FIG.-3 Shaft-MagnetAssembly with line from North to South inside permanent magnet at anangle with respect to shaft axis FIG.-4 Cross Sectional view of firstembodiment of Shaft-Magnet Assembly FIG.-5 Shaft-Magnet Assembly withline from North to South inside permanent magnet being parallel to shaftaxis FIG.-6 Cross Sectional view of second embodiment of Shaft-MagnetAssembly FIG.-7 Shaft-Magnet Assembly with line from North to Southinside permanent magnet being perpendicular to shaft axis FIG.-7aShaft-Magnet Assembly with line from North to South inside permanentmagnet being perpendicular to shaft axis, further including amultiplicity of permanent mounted on said shaft wherein each magnet hasalternating polarity FIG.-8 Cross Sectional view of third embodiment ofShaft-Magnet Assembly FIG.-9 A First Shaft-Coil Assembly whereinPermanent is stationary and said Shaft - Coil assembly spins FIG.-10Cross Sectional view of said First Shaft-Coil assembly FIG.-11 A secondShaft-Coil Assembly wherein Permanent is stationary and said Shaft -Coil assembly spins wherein said coil further includes a conducting coreFIG.-12 A cross sectional view of said first Shaft Coil- Assemblyshowing the placement of induced fields and forces FIG.-13 A crosssectional view of said second Shaft Coil Assembly showing the placementof charge assemblies FIG.-14 A cross sectional view of said second ShaftCoil Assembly showing electron flow

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 3 what is shown are the basic embodiments of thesimplest version of the proposed invention. It comprises a shaft 101having a first end 103 and a second end 105. Said shaft having apermanent magnet 123 mounted thereon. Said permanent magnet having anorth pole 115 and a south pole 117. Said permanent magnet being thesource of a first magnet field B₁ 99. Said first magnetic field beingthe portion of the dipole field of said permanent magnet which isexterior to the physical boundary of said permanent magnet. Surroundingsaid magnet mounted on said shaft is at least one wire turn 107 aroundsaid magnet shaft system. Included in FIG. 3 are a multiplicity of wirewindings. Further included is a means of mechanically spinning saidshaft to give it an angular frequency ω 113. In FIG. 3 when looking fromsaid first end of said shaft 103 towards said second end of said shaft105 the shaft is spinning in a counter-clockwise direction. Again, themagnetic field due to said permanent magnet 123 which is external to thephysical volume of said permanent magnet is the magnetic field 99. Saidpermanent magnet having a portion of its magnetic field 119 whichemanates from said magnet at its north pole 115 and a portion of itsmagnetic field 121 enters said magnet at its south pole 117. Themagnetic field external to said permanent magnet and due to saidpermanent magnet has a portion of it that is perpendicular to the pathof said wire turn. This perpendicular portion is shown as 109 in FIG. 3.As said shaft is spinning this perpendicular portion 109 of saidmagnetic field of said permanent magnet exerts a Lorentz force onelectrons in said wire. The wire is a conductive path and is chosen tobe made of a material that has an electrical conductivity wherein thecharge carrier giving it its electrical conductivity is the negativelycharged electrons in the material and the positive charge in saidmaterial for the most part cannot move for the nuclei are bound to thesolid state lattice within the material. Thus, the material out of whichsaid wire is composed must not have positive charge carriers such aspositive ions or even holes as exist in semiconductors. Said Lorentzforce gives electrons in said wire a motion with the same directionalsense as said spinning shaft. This means that in this example of FIG. 3if one looks in a direction from said first end 103 of said shafttowards said second end 105 of said shaft said electrons will be causedto move in a counterclockwise direction. Since said motion of saidelectrons is due to the Lorentz force due to said perpendicular portionof said first magnetic field no work is done to give the electrons thismotion because the Lorentz force does not do any work in deflecting theelectrons. This is known to those skilled in the art ofelectromagnetism. It is because the differential element of work δw doneby the Lorentz force is equal to δw=(q{right arrow over (v)}×{rightarrow over (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. In this equation {rightarrow over (v)} is the velocity of the particle, q is the charge of theparticle, and {right arrow over (B)} is the magnetic field. Since weknow

$\overset{arrow}{v} = \frac{\delta\overset{arrow}{r}}{\delta\; T}$

it means {right arrow over (v)} is parallel to δ{right arrow over (r)}.Therefore since (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrow over (B)}) isperpendicular to {right arrow over (v)} it is also perpendicular toδ{right arrow over (r)} and so (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrowover (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0 This last statement being truebecause the dot product of two perpendicular vectors is zero. So, whilework must be done to give the shaft its mechanical motion, no work isdone by said magnetic field to give the electrons their motion in thewinding of wire. This feature makes the proposed invention moreefficient than previous electric generators. This is a novel feature ofthe proposed invention. Electrons are initially given motion due to theLorentz force and not due to Faraday's law. Again, now referring to FIG.3 as we look from the first end 103 of said shaft towards the second end105 of said shaft the motion of said electrons in said wire iscounter-clockwise indicated by the vector 111 {right arrow over (e)}which is tangent to the path of said wire. The motion of said electronscreates a second magnetic field B₂ 127. Said second magnetic field beinggenerated by Ampere's law because of the motion of said electrons andsaid second magnetic field is parallel to said shaft and in the volumewithin said windings and said second magnetic field is in a directionfrom said first end of said shaft 103 towards said second end of saidshaft 105. At this point it is important to identify a third magneticfield which is actually a portion of the dipole field of said permanentmagnet. We give it a separate label because the magnetic flux throughthe area defined by said wire turn 107 will have a unique sign andmagnitude that will provide a critical condition for optimum function ofthe proposed invention. The magnetic field due to said permanent magnet123 is a dipole field and in the physical matter of said permanentmagnet it is in a direction from said south end 117 of said permanentmagnet to the north end 115 of said permanent magnet. In those skilledin the art of Physics the magnetic field in the physical matter of apermanent magnet is just simply a portion of the dipole field of saidpermanent magnet. It being known that there are no magnetic monopolesand so all magnetic field lines form closed loops. For the purposes ofexplaining the operation and novelty of this mode of said proposedinvention it is helpful to give the magnetic field in the physicalmatter of said permanent magnet its own label and identity. To that endreferring to FIG. 3 we identify the magnetic field in the physicalmatter of said permanent magnet which is due to the permanent magnetismin the material as B₃ 131 and refer to it in our language as a thirdmagnetic field. The magnetic dipole field due to said permanent magneticfield being the sum of said first magnetic field 99 B₁ and said thirdmagnetic field 131 B₃. Now we define the magnetic flux through the areadefined by the path of said wire loop 107 to be positive if the magneticfield is in a direction from the first end of said shaft 103 towards thesecond end of said shaft 105. This is necessary to distinguish such aflux from the flux through the area defined by the path of said wireloop 107 due to a magnetic field in a direction from the second of saidshaft 105 towards the first end of said shaft 103 which would be anegative flux. In order for the invention to operate at optimumconditions the flux through the area defined by the path of said wireloop 107 due to said third magnetic field B₃ 131 must have an absolutevalue bigger than the flux through the area defined by the path of saidwire loop 107 due to said first magnetic field B₁ 99. Equivalently withthe sign of the positive and negative flux as defined this criticalcondition could be stated as the magnetic flux through the area definedby the path of said wire loop 107 must be positive. This criticalcondition is easily achieved by ensuring that the physical volume saidpermanent magnet is more than fifty percent of the physical volumecomprised of the region inside the multiplicity of windings around saidshaft magnet assembly. Another way to establish a quantification of thiscritical condition is to imagine looking along the shaft assembly inFIG. 3 from the vantage point of the first end of said shaft 103 towardsthe second of said shaft 105. This view is shown in FIG. 4. Referring toFIG. 4 what is shown is the cross-section of said permanent magnet 141and the cross section of said wire loop 143. Also shown in FIG. 4 is thecross-sectional area within the outer boundary of said permanent magnet142 and the cross sectional area within the boundary of said wire loop143. The critical condition for the optimum conditions for the proposedinvention can be stated that the minimum cross-sectional area of saidpermanent magnet needs to be at least fifty percent of thecross-sectional area defined by the boundary of said wire loop.Preferably if the cross-sectional area of said permanent magnet is acircle and the cross-sectional area of said wire loop is also a circle,the permanent magnet should be as close as possible to said wire loopwithout touching it. It cannot be too close because vibration and wobblein the shaft could cause the magnet to bang into the wire loop while theshaft is spinning and that would cause the system to fail.

Now the next novel unobvious feature of the proposed invention can beillustrated. Referring to FIG. 3 the magnetic flux through said wirewinding 107 due to said second magnetic field B₂ will decrease with timeas said spinning shaft begins to slow down due to friction. Thedecreasing with time of said magnetic flux due to B₂ will cause anelectric field E 125 to be created in space by way of Faraday's law.Said electric field E 125 will exert a force F 129 on said electronsmoving in said wire 111. Since the force F 129 exerted on said electrons111 is exerted in the same direction they are already moving Faraday'slaw of induction is fighting to keep the current going instead ofserving as an agent slow it down. This feature is absent in the electricgenerators of the prior art. This is positive electro-magnetic feedback.

Another novel feature of the proposed invention is electro-mechanical innature and is illustrated as we explain the additional features in FIG.4. Referring to FIG. 4 what is shown is said permanent magnet 141 andthe cross-sectional area defined as the area within the boundary line of141 of said permanent magnet which is the area 142. Also shown in FIG. 4is said wire loop 143 and the cross-sectional area defined as the totalarea within the boundary line of 143 which is the area 144. It isimportant to recognize that the area 144 includes within it the area142. Remember that FIG. 4 is the view as shown from the point of viewlooking from said first end of said shaft 103 towards said second end ofsaid shaft 105 wherein 103 and 105 are defined as in FIG. 3. In thisview the shaft is spinning counterclockwise as indicated by (149. Nowthe magnetic field inside the area defined by the wire loop 143 in FIG.4 is in a direction into the page and is indicated by the tail symbolsof the arrows 155 and 157. The tail of an arrow is indicated by an Xwith a circle surrounding it as shown in FIG. 4. The tail of the arrowfacing out of the page indicates that the tip of the arrow is pointinginto the page. This is a standard use of symbols in all textbooks onElectro-Magnetism. The tail of the arrow 155 is B₂ which is caused bythe counterclockwise circulation of electrons around the wire loop 143due to Ampere's Law. The tail of the arrow 157 is the portion of B₃which is perpendicular to the page B₃ being the field inside the body ofsaid permanent magnet. Now the directions of these fields beingestablished it is clear that the magnetic flux through the area 144defined by the boundary of said wire loop 143 is into the page and themagnetic flux through the area 142 defined by the boundary of saidpermanent magnet 141 is also into the page. The next fact is that as thespinning of said shaft begins to slow down due to friction thecounterclockwise flow of electrons in said wire loop 143 will decreaseand the magnetic flux into page through the area 144 defined by theboundary of said wire loop 143 will also be decreasing with time. Thiswill cause Faraday's Law to produce the electric fields 151 and 159.These electric fields provide an unobvious function that will help keepthe turbine spinning and keep it from slowing down. To see thisfunction, we must look at the internal structure of said permanentmagnet 141. It is important that the permanent magnet be composed out ofa material that along with being a permanent magnet is also a materialthat is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier is thenegatively charged electrons within the material. Because of thecounterclockwise spinning 149 of said permanent magnet 141 each electronwithin said permanent magnet has a velocity because it is in therotating frame of said magnet and will experience a Lorentz force F₃ 165that will push the electrons to the outer edge 145 of said permanentmagnet. This electron migration due to the Lorentz force causes acollection of electrons 145 to gather at the outer edge of saidpermanent magnet 141 as long as said shaft is spinning. These electronsgathered at the outer edge will experience a force F₁ 153 which exerts amechanical torque on said permanent magnet which serves to keep theshaft spinning. This is an unobvious novelty. It should also be notedthat as the electrons migrate to the outer edge of said permanent magnetthe region at the center of said permanent magnet closest to said shaftis left positively charged and this collection of positive charge isshown as 147 in FIG. 4. These positive charges 147 also experience aforce that exerts a mechanical torque on said spinning shaft that servesto slow the shaft down but this torque is much smaller than the torquedue to the force on electrons at the outer edge 145 because theelectrons at the outer edge 145 are at a greater radial distance fromthe center of said spinning shaft than said positive charge 147 and asis known the torque is proportional to this radial distance from thecenter of said spinning shaft. Also, the induced electric fields 151 and159 are larger as you move farther away from the axis of said shaft. Itis important that said spinning shaft does not serve as an electricalleak to said permanent magnet. This brings us to impose the criticalcondition that said spinning shaft be composed of a material that is anon-conductor. That means said shaft is composed out of a material thatis an electrical insulator.

The earlier novelty described in FIG. 3 can be seen in FIG. 4 as well.As the spinning shaft slows down due to friction Faraday's Law as statedalso creates the electric field 159 which exerts a force F₂ 161 onelectrons in said wire loop. As these electrons are depleted by pullingelectrical potential energy out of said wire loop the counterclockwiseelectron motion in said wire loop is regenerated by the force F₂ 161 dueto said electric field 159. Another way of saying this is that theelectric field 159 exerts a force 161 on said electrons in a directionthey are already moving. Therefore, this is positive electro-magneticfeedback.

Another important unobvious novelty of the proposed invention is thatwire the loop develops a DC voltage by the action of the invention andas this electric energy is harvested to be used to charge batteries orwhatever the use may be said wire loop or multiplicity of wire loopswill have a zero output impedance and will thus have a high efficiencyat transferring said electric energy.

In the example given in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 it should be noted thatspinning the shaft clockwise will result in the reduced performancebecause the novel influences which act to keep the shaft spinning as itbegins to slow down will be downgraded.

The version of the invention shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 is a HomopolarDC electric generator with positive electro-magnetic andelectro-mechanical feedback. Referring to FIG. 5 what is shown are thebasic embodiments of a more optimum version of the proposed invention.It comprises a shaft 201 having a first end 203 and a second end 205.Said shaft having a cylindrical permanent magnet 223 mounted thereon.Said cylindrical permanent magnet having a north pole 215 and a southpole 217. Said cylindrical permanent magnet being the source of a firstmagnet field B₁ 199. Said first magnetic field being the portion of thedipole field of said cylindrical permanent magnet which is exterior tothe physical boundary of said cylindrical permanent magnet. The axis ofsaid cylindrical permanent magnet being parallel to the axis of saidshaft. Surrounding said magnet mounted on said shaft is at least onewire turn 207 around said magnet shaft system. Included in FIG. 5 are amultiplicity of wire windings. Further included is a means ofmechanically spinning said shaft to give it an angular frequency ω 213.In FIG. 5 when looking from said first end of said shaft 203 towardssaid second end of said shaft 205 the shaft is spinning in acounter-clockwise direction.

Again, the magnetic field due to said permanent magnet 223 which isexternal to the physical volume of said permanent magnet is the magneticfield 199. Said permanent magnet having a portion of its magnetic field219 which emanates from said magnet at its north pole 215 and a portionof its magnetic field 221 enters said magnet at its south pole 217. Themagnetic field external to said permanent magnet and due to saidpermanent magnet has a portion of it that is perpendicular to the pathof said wire turn. This perpendicular portion is shown as 209 in FIG. 3.As shaft spins, this perpendicular portion 209 of said magnetic field ofsaid permanent magnet exerts a Lorentz force on electrons in said wire.The wire is chosen to be made of a material that has an electricalconductivity wherein the charge carrier giving it its conductivity isthe negatively charged electrons in the material and the positive chargein said material for the most part cannot move for the nuclei are boundto the solid state lattice within the material. Thus, the material outof which said wire is composed must not have positive charge carrierssuch as positive ions or even holes as exist in semiconductors. SaidLorentz force gives electrons in said wire motion with the samedirectional sense as said spinning shaft. This means that in thisexample of FIG. 5 if one looks in a direction from said first end 203 ofsaid shaft towards said second end 205 of said shaft said electrons willbe caused to move in a counterclockwise direction. Since said motion ofsaid electrons is due to the Lorentz force due to said perpendicularportion of said first magnetic field no work is done to give theelectrons this motion because the Lorentz force does not do any work indeflecting the electrons. This is known to those skilled in the art ofelectromagnetism. It is because the differential element of work δw doneby the Lorentz force is equal to δw=(q{right arrow over (v)}×{rightarrow over (B)})·δ=0. In this equation {right arrow over (v)} is thevelocity of the particle, q is the charge of the particle, and {rightarrow over (B)} is the magnetic field. Since we know

$\overset{arrow}{v} = \frac{\delta\overset{arrow}{r}}{\delta\; T}$

it means {right arrow over (v)} is parallel to δ{right arrow over (r)}.Therefore since (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrow over (B)}) isperpendicular to {right arrow over (v)} it is also perpendicular toδ{right arrow over (r)} and so (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrowover (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. This last statement being truebecause the dot product of two perpendicular vectors is zero. So, whilework must be done to give the shaft its mechanical motion, no work isdone by said magnetic field to give the electrons their motion in thewinding of wire. This feature makes the proposed invention moreefficient than previous electric generators. This is a novel feature ofthe proposed invention. Electrons are given motion due to the Lorentzforce and not due to Faraday's law. Again, now referring to FIG. 5 as welook from the first end 203 of said shaft towards the second end 205 ofsaid shaft the motion of said electrons in said wire is counterclockwiseindicated by the vector 211 {right arrow over (e)} which is tangent tothe path of said wire. The motion of said electrons creates a secondmagnetic field B₂ 227. Said second magnetic field being generated byAmpere's law because of the motion of said electrons and said secondmagnetic field is parallel to said shaft and in the volume within saidwindings and said second magnetic field is in a direction from saidfirst end of said shaft 203 towards said second end of said shaft 205.At this point it is important to identify a third magnetic field whichis actually a portion the dipole field of said cylindrical permanentmagnet. We give it a separate label because the magnetic flux throughthe area defined by said wire turn 207 will have a unique sign andmagnitude that will provide a critical condition for optimum function ofthe proposed invention. The magnetic field due to said cylindricalpermanent magnet 223 is a dipole field and in the physical matter ofsaid cylindrical permanent magnet it is in a direction from said southend 217 of said cylindrical permanent magnet to the north end 215 ofsaid cylindrical permanent magnet. In those skilled in the art ofPhysics the magnetic field in the physical matter of a permanent magnetis just simply a portion of the dipole field of said permanent magnet.It being known that there are no magnetic monopoles and so all magneticfield lines form closed loops. For the purposes of explaining theoperation and novelty of said proposed invention it is helpful to givethe magnetic field in the physical matter of said cylindrical permanentmagnet its own label and identity. To that end referring to FIG. 5 weidentify the magnetic field in the physical matter of said cylindricalpermanent magnet which is due to the permanent magnetism in the materialas B₃ 231 and refer to it in our language as a third magnetic field. Themagnetic dipole field due to said permanent magnetic field being the sumof said first magnetic field 199 B₁ and said third magnetic field 231B₃. Now we define the magnetic flux through the area defined by the pathof said wire loop 207 to be positive if the magnetic field is in adirection from the first end of said shaft 203 towards the second end ofsaid shaft 205. This is necessary to distinguish such a flux from theflux through the area defined by the path of said wire loop 207 due to amagnetic field in a direction from the second end of said shaft 205towards the first end of said shaft 203 which would be a negative flux.In order for the invention to operate at optimum conditions the fluxthrough the area defined by the path of said wire loop 207 due to saidthird magnetic field B₃ 231 must have an absolute value bigger than theflux through the area defined by the path of said wire loop 207 due tosaid first magnetic field B₁ 199. Equivalently with the sign of thepositive and negative flux as defined this critical condition could bestated as the magnetic flux through the area defined by the path of saidwire loop 207 must be positive. This critical condition is easilyachieved by ensuring that the physical volume said permanent magnet ismore than fifty percent of the physical volume comprised of the regioninside the multiplicity of windings around said shaft magnet assembly.Another way to establish a quantification of this critical condition isto imagine looking along the shaft assembly in FIG. 5 from the vantagepoint of the first end of said shaft 203. This view is shown in FIG. 6.Referring to FIG. 6 what is shown is the cross-section of said permanentmagnet 241 and said wire loop 243. Also shown in FIG. 6 is thecross-sectional area within the outer boundary of said permanent magnet242 and the cross-sectional area within the boundary of said wire loop243. The critical condition for the optimum conditions for the proposedinvention can be stated that the minimum cross-sectional area of saidpermanent magnet needs to be at least fifty percent of thecross-sectional area defined by said wire loop. Preferably if thecross-sectional area of said permanent magnet is a circle and thecross-sectional area of said wire loop is also a circle, the permanentmagnet should be as close as possible to said wire loop without touchingit. It cannot be too close because vibration and wobble in the shaftcould cause the magnet to bang into the wire loop while the shaft isspinning and that would cause the system to fail.

Now the next novel unobvious feature of the proposed invention can beillustrated. Referring to FIG. 5 the magnetic flux through said wirewinding 207 due to said second magnetic field B₂ will decrease with timeas said spinning shaft begins to slow down due to friction. Thedecreasing with time of said magnetic flux due to B₂ will cause anelectric field E 225 to be created in space by way of Faraday's law.Said electric field E 225 will exert a force F 229 on said electronsmoving in said wire 211. Since the force F 229 exerted on said electrons211 is exerted in the same direction they are already moving Faraday'slaw of induction is fighting to keep the current going instead ofserving as an agent slow it down. This is positive Electro-magneticfeedback. This feature is absent in the prior art.

Another novel feature of the proposed invention is electro-mechanical innature and is absent in most of the prior art and is illustrated as weexplain the additional features in FIG. 6. Referring to FIG. 6 what isshown is said permanent magnet 241 and the cross-sectional area definedas the area within the boundary line of 241 of said permanent magnetwhich is the area 242. Also shown in FIG. 6 is said wire loop 243 andthe cross-sectional area defined as the total area within the boundaryline of 243 which is the area 244. It is important to recognize that thearea 244 includes within it the area 242. Remember that FIG. 6 is theview as shown from the point of view looking from said first end of saidshaft 203 towards said second end of said shaft 205 wherein 203 and 205are defined as in FIG. 5. In this view the shaft is spinningcounterclockwise as indicated by ω 249. Now the magnetic field insidethe area defined by the boundary of said wire loop 243 in FIG. 6 is in adirection into the page and is indicated by the tail symbols of thearrows 255 and 257. The tail of an arrow is indicated by an X with acircle surrounding it as shown in FIG. 6. The tail of the arrow facingout of the page indicates that the tip of the arrow is pointing into thepage. This is a standard use of symbols in all textbooks onElectro-Magnetism. The tail of the arrow 255 is B₂ which is caused bythe counterclockwise circulation of electrons around the wire loop 243due to Ampere's law. The tail of the arrow 257 is B₃ which is the fieldinside the body of said permanent magnet. Now in FIG. 6 the directionsof these fields being established it is clear that the magnetic fluxthrough the area 244 defined by the boundary of said wire loop 243 isinto the page and the magnetic flux through the area 242 defined by theboundary of said cylindrical permanent magnet 241 is also into the page.The next fact is that as the spinning of said shaft begins to slow downdue to friction the counterclockwise flow of electrons in said wire loop243 will decrease and the magnetic flux into page through the area 244defined by the boundary of said wire loop 243 will also be decreasingwith time. This will cause Faraday's Law to produce the electric fields251 and 259. These electric fields provide an unobvious function thatwill keep the turbine spinning and keep it from slowing down. To seethis function, we must look at the internal structure of said permanentmagnet 241. It is important that the cylindrical permanent magnet becomposed out of a material that along with being a permanent magnet isalso a material that is an electrical conductor wherein the chargecarrier is the negatively charged electrons within the material. Becauseof the counterclockwise spinning 249 of said cylindrical permanentmagnet 241 each electron within said cylindrical permanent magnet has avelocity because it is in the rotating frame of said magnet and willexperience a Lorentz force F₃ 265 that will push the electrons to theouter edge 245 of said cylindrical permanent magnet. This electronmigration due to the Lorentz force causes a collection of electrons 245to gather at the outer edge of said cylindrical permanent magnet 241 aslong as said shaft is spinning. These electrons will experience a forceF₁ 253 which exerts a mechanical torque on said cylindrical permanentmagnet which serves to keep the shaft spinning. This is an unobviousnovelty. It should also be noted that as the electrons migrate to theouter edge of said cylindrical permanent magnet the region at the centerof said cylindrical permanent magnet is left positively charged and thiscollection of positive charge is shown as 247 in FIG. 6. These positivecharges 247 also experience a force that exerts a mechanical torque onsaid spinning shaft that serves to slow the shaft down but this torqueis much smaller than the torque due to the force on electrons at theouter edge 245 because the electrons at the outer edge 245 are at agreater radial distance from the center of said spinning shaft than saidpositive charge 247 and as is known the torque is proportional to thisradial distance from the center of said spinning shaft. It is importantthat said spinning shaft does not serve as an electrical leak to saidpermanent magnet. This brings us to impose the critical condition thatsaid spinning shaft be composed of a material that is a non-conductor.That means said shaft is composed out of a material that is anelectrical insulator.

The earlier novelty described in FIG. 5 can be seen in FIG. 6 as well.As the spinning shaft slows down due to friction Faraday's Law as statedalso creates the electric field 259 which exerts a force F₂ 261 onelectrons in said wire loop. As these electrons are depleted by pullingelectrical potential energy out of said wire loop the counterclockwiseelectron motion in said wire loop is regenerated by the force F₂ 261 dueto said electric field 259. Another way of saying this is that theelectric field 259 exerts a force 261 on said electrons in a directionthey are already moving. Therefore, this is positive electro-magneticfeedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator.

Another important unobvious novelty of the proposed invention is thatwire the loop develops a DC voltage by the action of the invention andas this electric energy is harvested to be used to charge batteries orwhatever the use may be said wire loop or multiplicity of wire loopswill have a zero output impedance and will thus have a high efficiencyat transferring said electric energy.

In the example given in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 it should be noted thatspinning the shaft clockwise will result in the reduced performancebecause the novel influences which act to keep the shaft spinning as itbegins to slow down will be less effective. the positive electromagneticand electro-mechanical feedback will be less effective if the initialmechanical motion imparted to the system is clockwise as viewed from thefirst end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft.

The version of the invention shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 is a HomopolarDC electric generator with positive electro-magnetic andelectro-mechanical feedback.

Referring to FIG. 7 what is shown are the basic embodiments of anotherversion of the proposed invention. It comprises a shaft 301 having afirst end 303 and a second end 305. Said shaft having a permanent magnet323 mounted thereon. Said permanent magnet having a north pole 315 and asouth pole 317. Said permanent magnet being the source of a first magnetfield B₁ 299. Said first magnetic field being the portion of the dipolefield of said permanent magnet which is exterior to the physicalboundary of said permanent magnet. The geometric line extending from thesouth end of said permanent magnet to the north end of said permanentmagnet being perpendicular to the axis of said shaft. Surrounding saidmagnet mounted on said shaft is at least one wire turn 307 around saidmagnet shaft system. Included in FIG. 7 are a multiplicity of wirewindings. Further included is a means of mechanically spinning saidshaft to give it an angular frequency ω 313. In FIG. 7 when looking fromsaid first end of said shaft 303 towards said second end of said shaft305 the shaft is spinning in a counter-clockwise direction.

Again, the magnetic field due to said permanent magnet 323 which isexternal to the physical volume of said permanent magnet is the magneticfield 299. Said permanent magnet having a portion of its magnetic field319 which emanates from said magnet at its north pole 315 and a portionof its magnetic field 321 enters said magnet at its south pole 317. Themagnetic field external to said permanent magnet and due to saidpermanent magnet has a portion of it that is perpendicular to the pathof said wire turn. This perpendicular portion is shown as 309 in FIG. 3.As shaft spins, this perpendicular portion 309 of said magnetic field ofsaid permanent magnet exerts a Lorentz force on electrons in said wire.The wire is chosen to be made of a material that has an electricalconductivity wherein the charge carrier giving it its conductivity isthe negatively charged electrons in the material and the positive chargein said material for the most part cannot move for the nuclei are boundto the solid state lattice within the material. Thus, the material outof which said wire is composed must not have positive charge carrierssuch as positive ions or even holes as exist in semiconductors. SaidLorentz force gives electrons in said wire motion with the samedirectional sense as said spinning shaft. This means that in thisexample of FIG. 7 if one looks in a direction from said first end 303 ofsaid shaft towards said second end 305 of said shaft said electrons willbe caused to move in a counterclockwise direction. Since said motion ofsaid electrons is due to the Lorentz force due to said perpendicularportion of said first magnetic field no work is done to give theelectrons this motion because the Lorentz force does not do any work indeflecting the electrons. This is known to those skilled in the art ofelectromagnetism. It is because the differential element of work δw doneby the Lorentz force is equal to δw=(q{right arrow over (v)}×{rightarrow over (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. In this equation {rightarrow over (v)} is the velocity of the particle, q is the charge of theparticle, and {right arrow over (B)} is the magnetic field. Since weknow

$\overset{arrow}{v} = \frac{\delta\overset{arrow}{r}}{\delta\; T}$

it means {right arrow over (v)} is parallel to δ{right arrow over (r)}.Therefore since (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrow over (B)}) isperpendicular to {right arrow over (v)} it is also perpendicular toδ{right arrow over (r)} and so (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrowover (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. This last statement being truebecause the dot product of two perpendicular vectors is zero. So, whilework must be done to give the shaft its mechanical motion, no work isdone by said magnetic field to give the electrons their motion in thewinding of wire. This feature makes the proposed invention moreefficient than previous electric generators. This is a novel feature ofthe proposed invention. Electrons are given motion due to the Lorentzforce and not due to Faraday's law. Again, now referring to FIG. 7 as welook from the first end 303 of said shaft towards the second end 305 ofsaid shaft the motion of said electrons in said wire is counterclockwiseindicated by the vector 311 which is tangent to the path of said wire.The motion of said electrons creates a second magnetic field B₂ 327.Said second magnetic field being generated by Ampere's law because ofthe motion of said electrons and said second magnetic field is parallelto said shaft and in the volume within said windings and said secondmagnetic field is in a direction from said first end of said shaft 303towards said second end of said shaft 305. At this point it is importantto identify a third magnetic field which is actually a portion thedipole field of said permanent magnet. We give it a separate labelbecause the magnetic flux through the area defined by said wire turn 307will have a unique sign and magnitude that will provide a criticalcondition for optimum function of the proposed invention. The magneticfield due to said permanent magnet 323 is a dipole field and in thephysical matter of said permanent magnet it is in a direction from saidsouth end 317 of said permanent magnet to the north end 315 of saidpermanent magnet. This third magnetic field is perpendicular to theplane defined by the area of said wire loop and therefore does notcontribute to the magnetic flux through the area of said wire loop. Thiswill be recognized as a critical feature of this mode of the proposedinvention as will become clear. In those skilled in the art of Physicsthe magnetic field in the physical matter of a permanent magnet is justsimply a portion of the dipole field of said permanent magnet. It beingknown that there are no magnetic monopoles and so all magnetic fieldlines form closed loops. For the purposes of explaining the operationand novelty of said proposed invention it is helpful to give themagnetic field in the physical matter of said permanent magnet its ownlabel and identity. To that end referring to FIG. 7 we identify themagnetic field in the physical matter of said cylindrical permanentmagnet which is due to the permanent magnetism within said physicalmatter as B₃ 331 and refer to it in our language as a third magneticfield. The magnetic dipole field due to said permanent magnetic fieldbeing the sum of said first magnetic field 299 B₁ and said thirdmagnetic field 331 B₃. Now we define the magnetic flux through the areadefined by the path of said wire loop 307 to be positive if the magneticfield is in a direction from the first end of said shaft 303 towards thesecond end of said shaft 305. This is necessary to distinguish such aflux from the flux through the area defined by the path of said wireloop 307 due to a magnetic field in a direction from the second end ofsaid shaft 305 towards the first end of said shaft 303 which would be anegative flux. In order for the invention to operate at optimumconditions in this mode the flux through the area defined by the path ofsaid wire loop 307 due to said third magnetic field B₃ 331 must have avalue close to zero. This will be assured because said third magneticfield B₃ 331 is perpendicular to the plane defined by said wire loop 307along with the multiplicity of said wire loops shown in FIG. 7.

With the sign of the positive and negative flux as defined this criticalcondition could be stated as the magnetic flux through the area definedby the path of said wire loop 307 due to said field 331 B₃ must beneither positive nor negative. This critical condition is easilyachieved by ensuring that B₃ is perpendicular to the plane of the areadefined by said wire loop 307.

Another critical condition to make this mode of the invention work atoptimum conditions is that cross sectional area of said permanent magnetshould be as large as possible and still be within the area defined bysaid wire loop. If you imagine looking along the shaft assembly in FIG.7 from the vantage point of the first end of said shaft 303. This viewis shown in FIG. 8. Referring to FIG. 8 what is shown is thecross-section of said permanent magnet 341 and said wire loop 343. Alsoshown in FIG. 8 is the cross-sectional area within the outer boundary ofsaid permanent magnet 342 and the cross-sectional area within theboundary of said wire loop 343. The critical condition for the optimumconditions for the proposed invention can be stated that the minimumcross-sectional area of said permanent magnet needs to be at least fiftypercent of the cross-sectional area defined by said wire loop.Preferably if the cross-sectional area of said permanent magnet is acircle and the cross-sectional area of said wire loop is also a circle,the permanent magnet should be as close as possible to said wire loopwithout touching it. It cannot be too close because vibration and wobblein the shaft could cause the magnet to bang into the wire loop while theshaft is spinning and that would cause the system to fail.

Now the next novel unobvious feature of the proposed invention can beillustrated. Referring to FIG. 7 the magnetic flux through said wirewinding 307 due to said second magnetic field B₂ will decrease with timeas said spinning shaft begins to slow down due to friction. Thedecreasing with time of said magnetic flux due to B₂ will cause anelectric field E 325 to be created in space by way of Faraday's law.Said electric field E 325 will exert a force F 329 on said electronsmoving in said wire 311. Since the force F 329 exerted on said electrons311 is exerted in the same direction they are already moving Faraday'slaw of induction is fighting to keep the current going instead ofserving as an agent slow it down. This is positive electro-magneticfeedback. This feature is absent in the prior art.

Another novel feature of the proposed invention is electro-mechanical innature and is absent in most of the prior art and is illustrated as weexplain the additional features in FIG. 8. Referring to FIG. 8 what isshown is said permanent magnet 341 and the cross-sectional area definedas the area within the boundary line of 341 of said permanent magnetwhich is the area 342. Also shown in FIG. 8 is said wire loop 343 andthe cross-sectional area defined as the total area within the boundaryline of 343 which is the area 344. It is important to recognize that thearea 344 includes within it the area 342. Remember that FIG. 8 is theview as shown from the point of view looking from said first end of saidshaft 303 towards said second end of said shaft 305 wherein 303 and 305are defined as in FIG. 7. In this view the shaft is spinningcounterclockwise as indicated by ω 349. Now the magnetic field insidethe area defined by the boundary of said wire loop 343 in FIG. 8 is in adirection into the page and is indicated by the tail symbols of thearrows 355 and 357. The tail of an arrow is indicated by an X with acircle surrounding it as shown in FIG. 8. The tail of the arrow facingout of the page indicates that the tip of the arrow is pointing into thepage. This is a standard use of symbols in all textbooks onElectro-Magnetism. The tail of the arrow 355 is B₂ which is caused bythe counterclockwise circulation of electrons around the wire loop 343due to Ampere's law. The tail of the arrow 357 is B₃ which is the fieldinside the body of said permanent magnet. Now in FIG. 8 the directionsof these fields being established it is clear that the magnetic fluxthrough the area 344 defined by the boundary of said wire loop 343 isinto the page and the magnetic flux through the area 342 defined by theboundary of said cylindrical permanent magnet 341 is also into the page.The next fact is that as the spinning of said shaft begins to slow downdue to friction the counterclockwise flow of electrons in said wire loop343 will decrease and the magnetic flux into page through the area 344defined by the boundary of said wire loop 343 will also be decreasingwith time. This will cause Faraday's Law to produce the electric fields351 and 359. These electric fields provide an unobvious function thatwill keep the turbine spinning and keep it from slowing down. To seethis function, we must look at the internal structure of said permanentmagnet 341. It is important that the cylindrical permanent magnet becomposed out of a material that along with being a permanent magnet isalso a material that is an electrical conductor wherein the chargecarrier is the negatively charged electrons within the material. Becauseof the counterclockwise spinning 349 of said cylindrical permanentmagnet 341 each electron within said cylindrical permanent magnet has avelocity because it is in the rotating frame of said magnet and willexperience a Lorentz force F₃ 365 that will push the electrons to theouter edge 345 of said cylindrical permanent magnet. This electronmigration due to the Lorentz force causes a collection of electrons 345to gather at the outer edge of said cylindrical permanent magnet 341 aslong as said shaft is spinning. These electrons will experience a forceF₁ 353 which exerts a mechanical torque on said cylindrical permanentmagnet which serves to keep the shaft spinning. This is an unobviousnovelty. It should also be noted that as the electrons migrate to theouter edge of said cylindrical permanent magnet the region at the centerof said cylindrical permanent magnet is left positively charged and thiscollection of positive charge is shown as 347 in FIG. 8. These positivecharges 347 also experience a force that exerts a mechanical torque onsaid spinning shaft that serves to slow the shaft down but this torqueis much smaller than the torque due to the force on electrons at theouter edge 345 because the electrons at the outer edge 345 are at agreater radial distance from the center of said spinning shaft than saidpositive charge 347 and as is known the torque is proportional to thisradial distance from the center of said spinning shaft. It is importantthat said spinning shaft does not serve as an electrical leak to saidpermanent magnet. This brings us to impose the critical condition thatsaid spinning shaft be composed of a material that is a non-conductor.That means said shaft is composed out of a material that is anelectrical insulator.

The earlier novelty described in FIG. 7 can be seen in FIG. 8 as well.As the spinning shaft slows down due to friction Faraday's Law as statedalso creates the electric field 359 which exerts a force F₂ 361 onelectrons in said wire loop. As these electrons are depleted by pullingelectrical potential energy out of said wire loop the counterclockwiseelectron motion in said wire loop is regenerated by the force F₂ 361 dueto said electric field 359. Another way of saying this is that theelectric field 359 exerts a force 361 on said electrons in a directionthey are already moving. Therefore, this is positive electro-magneticfeedback.

Another option for this version of the invention is to stack amultiplicity of permanent magnets on said shaft as shown in FIG. 7a .Each magnet is stacked on said shaft making a shaft magnet assemble witha coil wound circumferentially as in the version shown in FIG. 7. Theonly difference is the shaft magnet system has a multiplicity of magnetsstacked on the shaft wherein the north and south polarities arealternating as shown in FIG. 7a . As this system spins it will causeelectron flow as described in the version of FIG. 7. Each separatemagnet in FIG. 7a will cause electrons to flow in said coil in the samedirectional sense as shaft-magnet system as it spins regardless of theorientation of each magnet. This may be unobvious to the layman.

Another important unobvious novelty of the proposed invention is thatwire the loop develops a DC voltage by the action of the invention andas this electric energy is harvested to be used to charge batteries orwhatever the use may be said wire loop or multiplicity of wire loopswill have a zero output impedance and will thus have a high efficiencyat transferring said electric energy.

In the example given in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 it should be noted thatspinning the shaft clockwise will result in no reduction of performance.This system can be spun both clockwise and counterclockwise and thepositive electromagnetic and electro-mechanical feedback will befunctional in both directions.

The version of the invention shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 7a and FIG. 8 is aHomopolar DC electric generator with positive electro-magnetic andelectro-mechanical feedback.

Referring to FIG. 9 what is shown is another version of the proposedinvention. In this version of the invention the permanent magnet isfixed, and a cylindrical coil is mounted on a shaft and is the objectthat is initially spinning with rotational mechanical energy. Saidrotational mechanical energy imparted by some known means. Itcompromises a shaft coil assembly including a first section of a shaft401 which is mounted to a rigid cylindrical coil 400. Further includedis a second section of shaft 403 which is mounted to the opposing end ofsaid rigid cylindrical coil 400. The first section of shaft 401 has anend 405. The second section of shaft 403 has an end 407. The first andsecond sections of shaft have axes that are coincidental and lie alongthe same geometric line. Said rigid coil is cylindrical and the axis ofits cylindrical structure lies along the same geometric line as the axesof said shaft sections. This is not completely necessary, but it doeshelp when spinning at high speeds.

The ends of said shaft sections 405 and 407 are mounted on some bearingassemblies which are not shown in the Figure. Exterior to saidcylindrical coil is a permanent magnet 409. Said permanent magnet 409has a south pole 411 and a north pole 413. Said permanent magnet has adipole magnetic field to its exterior which includes magnetic fieldlines 415 emanating from said north pole 413 and magnetic field lines417 entering said south pole 411. Also shown are the magnetic fieldlines 419 and 421 extending from north to south along the exterior sidesof the magnet.

Further included and not shown or seen in FIG. 9 is a means ofmechanically spinning said shaft coil assembly at angular frequency ω399.

In FIG. 9 when looking from the end 405 of said first shaft section 401towards the end 407 of said second shaft section 403 imagine the shaftcoil assembly is spinning in a clockwise direction. A first relevantmagnetic field B₁ 419 exists in this system and that is the magneticfield due to said permanent magnet 409 and is the portion of the dipolefield of said permanent magnet which is external to the physical volumeof said permanent magnet.

As said shaft coil assembly is spinning a portion of the magnetic field419 of said magnet is perpendicular to the path of said wire turn orcoil winding. This perpendicular portion 419 of said magnetic field ofsaid permanent magnet exerts a Lorentz force on electrons in said wire.This is seen when you look again along the line of said shaft coilassembly from the end 405 towards the opposing end. From thisperspective said shaft coil assembly is spinning clockwise. The vector423 in FIG. 9 is the velocity vector of the outer edge of the coilwindings. This means that electrons in the material of said coil willhave a net average velocity parallel to the vector 423 by virtue of thefact that they are in the solid material of said coil and are thereforeby definition in the rotating frame of the coil as it is spinning. Thisvelocity direction 423 is tangent to the path of said coil windings andperpendicular to a portion of said magnetic field 419.

The wire is chosen to be made of a material that has an electricalconductivity wherein the charge carrier giving it its conductivity isthe negatively charged electrons in the material and the positive chargein said material for the most part cannot move for the nuclei are boundto the solid state lattice within the material. Thus, the material outof which said wire is composed must not have positive charge carrierssuch as positive ions or even holes as exist in semiconductors. SaidLorentz force gives electrons in said wire motion with the oppositedirectional sense as said spinning shaft coil assembly.

This means that in this example of FIG. 9 if one looks along the line ofsaid shaft coil assembly from the end 405 towards the opposing endelectrons will be caused to move in a counterclockwise direction. Thisdirection is indicated by the arrow 425 in FIG. 9.

Since said counterclockwise motion of said electrons in said coil is dueto the Lorentz force due to said perpendicular portion of said firstrelevant magnetic 419 field no work is done to give the electrons thismotion because the Lorentz force does not do any work in deflecting theelectrons. Although this is repetitive from the already discussed modesof the invention it is repeated because it is important to realize thatthis feature is present even when the magnet is stationary, and the coilis spinning. The fact that the Lorentz does no work is known to thoseskilled in the art of electromagnetism. It is because the differentialelement of work δw done by the Lorentz force is equal to δw=(q{rightarrow over (v)}×{right arrow over (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. Inthis equation {right arrow over (v)} is the velocity of the particle, qis the charge of the particle, and {right arrow over (B)} is themagnetic field. Since we know

$\overset{arrow}{v} = \frac{\delta\overset{arrow}{r}}{\delta\; T}$

it means {right arrow over (v)} is parallel to δ{right arrow over (r)}.Therefore since (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrow over (B)}) isperpendicular to {right arrow over (v)} it is also perpendicular toδ{right arrow over (r)} and so (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrowover (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. This last statement being truebecause the dot product of two perpendicular vectors is zero. So, whilework must be done to give the shaft its mechanical motion, no work isdone by said magnetic field to give the electrons their motion in thewinding of wire. This feature as well makes this version of the proposedinvention more efficient than previous electric generators. This is anovel feature of the proposed invention. Electrons are given theirinitial motion due to the Lorentz force and not due to Faraday's law.Again, now referring to FIG. 9 as one looks along the line of said shaftcoil assembly from the end 405 towards the opposing end the motion ofsaid electrons in said wire coil windings is counterclockwise indicatedby the vector 425 which is tangent to the path of said wire. The motionof said electrons creates a second magnetic field B₂ 431. Said secondmagnetic field being generated by Ampere's law because of the motion ofsaid electrons and said second magnetic field is parallel to said shaftcoil assembly and in the volume within said windings of said coil andsaid second magnetic field is in a direction from the end 405 towardsthe end 407.

At this point it is important to note that the magnetic field in thephysical matter of said permanent magnet does not play a role in thismode of the proposed invention and consequently it is not identifiedwith a symbol or label in FIG. 9.

A novel unobvious feature of the proposed invention can be illustrated.Referring to FIG. 9 the magnetic flux through the cross-sectional areaof said cylindrical coil windings 400 due to said second magnetic fieldB₂ will decrease with time as said shaft coil assembly begins to slowdown due to friction. The decreasing with time of said magnetic fluxthrough the circular cross section of said coil due to B₂ will cause anelectric field E 427 to be created in space by way of Faraday's law.Said electric field E 427 will exert a force F 429 on said electronsmoving in said coil wire 400. Since the force F 429 exerted on saidelectrons 425 is exerted in the same direction they are already movingFaraday's law of induction is fighting to keep the current going insteadof serving as an agent slow it down. This feature is absent in the priorart. This is a unique form of positive electro-magnetic feedback in aHomopolar DC electric generator.

This described positive electro-magnetic feedback due to action ofFaraday's Law specifically created by the proposed invention serving toenhance the electron flow in said coil described in FIG. 9 can be seenin FIG. 10 as well. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of said coil asviewed from the perspective of the end 405 of said first shaft section401 towards the opposing end 407. Also imagine that in FIG. 10 it isassumed that as we look into the page the coil is rotatingcounterclockwise. In FIG. 10 the electron flow is counterclockwise andis indicated by the arrow 461. The flow of said electrons 461 createsthe magnetic field B₂ 463 which is into the page. As the spinning shaftcoil assembly begins to slow because of friction the magnetic field 463begins to decrease with time which causes an electric field 465 to becreated in the clockwise direction in said coil windings. This electricfield 465 exerts a force 467 on the electrons already circulating in thecounterclockwise direction. Since the force 467 exerted on saidelectrons 461 is exerted in the same direction they are already movingFaraday's law of induction is fighting to keep the current going insteadof serving as an agent slowing it down. Again, it is to be noted thatthis feature is absent in the prior art. This is positiveelectro-magnetic feedback.

There is also an unobvious form of positive electromechanical feedbackpresent in this version the proposed invention. As electrons aredeflected by the perpendicular portion of said magnetic field they aregiven an impulse of momentum which pushes them in a counterclockwisedirection around said loop when viewed for said first end 405. If theelectrons in said coil are in a material that has very low electricalresistance this action of electron deflection by said magnetic fieldserves to give an equal and opposite impulse of momentum to saidspinning coil. This means that in our example of FIG. 9 as electrons aredeflected said shaft-coil assembly receives an impulse of angularmomentum in the clockwise direction which is the direction it is alreadyspinning. This is positive electro-mechanical feedback in a Homopolar DCelectric generator.

Another important unobvious novelty of the proposed invention is thatwire the loop develops a DC voltage by the action of the invention andas this electric energy is harvested to be used to charge batteries orwhatever the use may be said wire loop or multiplicity of wire loopswill have a zero output impedance and will thus have a high efficiencyat transferring said electric energy.

Referring to FIG. 11 what is shown is another version of the proposedinvention. In this version of the invention the permanent magnet isfixed, and a cylindrical coil is mounted on a shaft and is the objectthat is initially spinning with rotational mechanical energy. Itcompromises a cylindrical shaft coil assembly including a first sectionof a shaft 501 which is mounted to a rigid cylindrical coil 500. Furtherincluded is a second section of shaft 503 which is mounted to theopposing end of said rigid cylindrical coil 500. The first section ofshaft 501 has an end 505. The second section of shaft 503 has an end507. The first and second sections of shaft have axes that arecoincidental and lie along the same geometric line. The ends of saidshaft sections 505 and 507 are mounted on some bearing assemblies whichare not shown in the Figure. Further included within said cylindricalcoil is a solid conducting cylinder 502 permanently affixed to theinterior of said cylindrical coil. It is important that said solidcylinder is composed of a material that is an electrical conductor. Itis further important that said cylinder and said coil are electricallyisolated from one another. Also as said coil spins by way of the shaftaxis assembly it is critical that said cylinder spins with it withoutslipping. So said cylindrical coil and said solid conducting cylinderconstitute a composite rigid body. This being achievable by many knownmeans. One example would be a cylindrical coil of wire with insulationon the surface of said wire wherein said wire is wrapped around acylindrical shell composed of a nonconducting material such as glass,ceramic, or plastic. Then said solid conducting cylinder can be placedinto the inside of said cylindrical shell. The inner annulus of saidcylindrical shell can be attached to the by outer surface of said solidcylinder. The attachment can be made by way of epoxy or other mechanicalattachment means such as screws, clamps, or clips. After the inclusionand attachment of said solid conducting cylinder into said cylindricalcoil it is understood that said cylindrical shaft coil assembly includessaid solid conducting cylinder embedded within said cylindricalconducting coil. The embodiments including said shaft sections, saidrigid cylindrical conducting coil, and said solid conducting cylinderbecome a single composite embodiment which constitutes a composite rigidbody identified as a rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly

Exterior to said cylindrical coil is a permanent magnet 509. Saidpermanent magnet 509 has a south pole 511 and a north pole 513. Saidpermanent magnet has a dipole magnetic field to its exterior whichincludes magnetic field lines 515 emanating from said north pole 513 andmagnetic field lines 517 entering said south pole 511. Also shown arethe magnetic field lines 519 and 521 extending from north to south alongthe exterior sides of the magnet.

Further included and not shown or seen in FIG. 11 is a means ofmechanically spinning said shaft coil assembly at angular frequency co499.

In FIG. 11 when looking from the end 505 of said first shaft section 501towards the end 507 of said second shaft section 503 imagine the shaftcoil assembly is spinning in a clockwise direction. A first relevantmagnetic field B₁ 519 exists in this system and that is the magneticfield due to said permanent magnet 509 and that is the portion of thedipole field 519 of said permanent magnet which is external to thephysical volume of said permanent magnet.

As said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly is spinning a portion of themagnetic field 519 of said magnet is perpendicular to the path of saidwire turn or coil winding. This perpendicular portion 519 of saidmagnetic field of said permanent magnet exerts a Lorentz force onelectrons in said wire. This is seen to be obvious when you look againalong the line of said shaft coil assembly from the end 505 towards theopposing end. From this perspective said rigid shaft-coil-cylinderassembly is spinning clockwise. The vector 523 in FIG. 11 is thevelocity vector of the outer edge of the coil windings. This means thatelectrons in the material of said coil will have a net average velocityparallel to the vector 523 by virtue of the fact that they are in thesolid material of said coil and are therefore by definition in therotating frame of the coil as it is spinning. This velocity direction523 is tangent to the path of said coil windings and perpendicular tothat portion of the magnetic field 519 which is perpendicular to thepath of said wire.

The wire is chosen to be made of a material that has an electricalconductivity wherein the charge carrier giving it its conductivity isthe negatively charged electrons in the material and the positive chargein said material for the most part cannot move for the nuclei are boundto the solid state lattice within the material. Thus, the material outof which said wire is composed must not have positive charge carrierssuch as positive ions or even holes as exist in semiconductors. SaidLorentz force gives electrons in said wire motion with the oppositedirectional sense as said spinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly.

This means that in this example of FIG. 11 if one looks along the lineof said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly from the end 505 towards theopposing end electrons will be caused to move in a counterclockwisedirection. This direction is indicated by the arrow 525 in FIG. 11.

Since said counterclockwise motion of said electrons in said coil is dueto the Lorentz force due to said perpendicular portion of said firstrelevant magnetic 519 field no work is done to give the electrons thismotion because the Lorentz force does not do any work in deflecting theelectrons. Although this is repetitive from the already discussed modesof the invention it is repeated because it is important to realize thatthis feature is present even when the magnet is stationary, and the coilis spinning. The fact that the Lorentz does no work is known to thoseskilled in the art of electromagnetism. It is because the differentialelement of work δw done by the Lorentz force is equal to δw=(q{rightarrow over (v)}×{right arrow over (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. Inthis equation {right arrow over (v)} is the velocity of the particle, qis the charge of the particle, and {right arrow over (B)} is themagnetic field. Since we know

$\overset{arrow}{v} = \frac{\delta\overset{arrow}{r}}{\delta\; T}$

it means {right arrow over (v)} is parallel to δ{right arrow over (r)}.Therefore since (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrow over (B)}) isperpendicular to {right arrow over (v)} it is also perpendicular toδ{right arrow over (r)} and so (q{right arrow over (v)}×{right arrowover (B)})·δ{right arrow over (r)}=0. This last statement being truebecause the dot product of two perpendicular vectors is zero. So, whilework must be done to give the shaft its mechanical motion, no work isdone by said magnetic field to give the electrons their motion in thewinding of wire. This feature as well makes this version of the proposedinvention more efficient than previous electric generators. This is anovel feature of the proposed invention. Electrons are given motion dueto the Lorentz force and not due to Faraday's law. Again, now referringto FIG. 11 as one looks along the line of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinderassembly from the end 505 towards the opposing end the motion of saidelectrons in said wire coil windings is counterclockwise indicated bythe vector 525 which is tangent to the path of said wire. The motion ofsaid electrons creates a second magnetic field B₂ 531. Said secondmagnetic field being generated by Ampere's law because of the motion ofsaid electrons and said second magnetic field is parallel to said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly and in the volume within said windings ofsaid coil and said second magnetic field is in a direction from the end505 towards the end 507.

At this point it is important to note that the magnetic field in thephysical matter of said permanent magnet does not play a role in thismode of the proposed invention and consequently it is not identifiedwith a symbol or label in FIG. 11.

A novel unobvious feature of the proposed invention can now beillustrated. Referring to FIG. 11 the magnetic flux through thecross-sectional area of said cylindrical coil windings 500 due to saidsecond magnetic field B₂ will decrease with time as said shaft coilassembly begins to slow down due to friction. The decreasing with timeof said magnetic flux through the circular cross section of said coildue to B₂ will cause an electric field E 527 to be created in space byway of Faraday's law. Said electric field E 527 will exert a force F 529on said electrons moving in coil wire 500. Since the force F 529 exertedon said electrons 525 is exerted in the same direction they are alreadymoving Faraday's law of induction is fighting to keep the current goinginstead of serving as an agent slow it down. This is positiveelectro-magnetic feedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator. Thisfeature is absent in the prior art.

This described action of Faraday's Law serving to enhance the electronflow in said coil described in FIG. 11 can be seen in FIG. 12 as well.FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of said coil as viewed from theperspective of the end 505 of said first shaft section 501 towards theopposing end 507. The Figure shows a coil winding 559 and furtherincludes said non-conducting cylindrical shell 571 about which said coilis wound. Also shown in FIG. 12 is the circular cross section 569 ofsaid solid conducting cylinder. Also imagine that in FIG. 12 it isassumed that as we look into the page the coil is rotating clockwise. InFIG. 12 the electron flow in said coil is counterclockwise and isindicated by the arrow 561. The flow of said electrons 561 creates themagnetic field B₂ 563 which is into the page. As the spinning shaft coilassembly begins to slow because of friction the magnetic field 563begins to decrease with time which causes an electric field 565 to becreated in the clockwise direction in said coil windings. This electricfield 565 exerts a force 567 on the electrons already circulating in thecounterclockwise direction. Since the force 567 exerted on saidelectrons 561 is exerted in the same direction they are already movingFaraday's law of induction is fighting to keep the current going insteadof serving as an agent slowing it down. Again, it is to be noted thatthis feature is absent in the prior art. This is positiveelectro-mechanical feedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator.

At this point yet another unobvious novel feature of this version of thespinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly can be illustrated and thereason for the inclusion of said solid cylindrical conductor within saidcoil can be elucidated. To this end FIG. 13 was created. FIG. 13 is areplica of FIG. 12 with additional features included which involve theactivity of the electrons in said solid conducting cylinder as theinvention is operating. Referring to FIG. 13 we can imagine for a briefmoment that we are looking at the cross section of said coil and saidsolid cylinder from said first shaft section towards the opposing end ofsaid shaft coil assembly. Again, we imagine that as we look into thepage said coil is spinning clockwise. In FIG. 13 what is shown is saidnon-conducting cylindrical shell 571 about which said coil 559 is wound,and also shown is the circular cross section 569 of said solidconducting cylinder. Referring to FIG. 13, a typical electron 573 insaid solid conducting cylinder has a net average velocity 574 in theclockwise direction by virtue of the fact that said solid conductingcylinder is rotating clockwise. Because of the presence of the magneticfield B₂ 563 electrons 573 in the solid moving in the clockwisedirection 574 experience a Lorentz force 575 towards the center of saidsolid conducting cylinder causing an accumulation of negative charge 577at said center. Because said solid conducting cylinder is electricallyneutral this electron migration towards leaves the peripheral edge ifsaid solid conducting cylinder with positively charged regions 579. Asthe magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time because thecounterclockwise circulation of electrons in the coil begins to decreaseas the rotation of the system slows, and electric field E 581 is createdin the clockwise direction because of Faraday's Law. This electric fieldexerts a force F 583 in the clockwise direction on said positivelycharged regions at the peripheral edge of said solid conductingcylinder. This force F 583 results in a mechanical torque on therotating system which serves to accelerate the clockwise angularacceleration of the system which is the direction the system is alreadyspinning. Thus, Faraday's Law serves to keeping the system spinningclockwise rather than slowing down its clockwise rotation. This ispositive electro-mechanical feedback in a Homopolar DC electricgenerator.

It should be noted that the positive electromechanical feedback presentin the previous version of the proposed invention wherein the coil isempty is also present in the version wherein the coil has a solidcylindrical conductor within it. Referring to FIG. 14 what is shown isthe cross section of said coil 601 as viewed from the first shaftsection towards the opposing end. As electrons in said coil 603experience a sudden force of deflection 605 in the counterclockwisedirection due to the Lorentz Force as discussed this results in animpulse of clockwise angular momentum. If the electrons in said coil arein a material that has very low electrical resistance this action ofelectron deflection by said magnetic field serves to give an equal andopposite impulse of momentum to said spinning coil. This means that inour example of FIG. 14 as electrons are deflected said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly receives an impulse of angular momentum inthe clockwise direction which is the direction it is already spinning.This is positive electro-mechanical feedback in a Homopolar DC electricgenerator. Thus, the version of the invention as described in FIGS.11-14 has two independent modes of positive electro-mechanical feedback.

FIGS. 9-14 provide a description of two modes of the proposed whereinsaid coil is spinning and said permanent magnet is at rest.

Another important unobvious novelty of the proposed invention is thatwire the loop develops a DC voltage by the action of the invention andas this electric energy is harvested to be used to charge batteries orwhatever the use may be said wire loop or multiplicity of wire loopswill have a zero output impedance and will thus have a high efficiencyat transferring said electric energy.

In all of the homopolar DC electric generators described it is possiblebecause of vibrations and turbulence therefrom that there will be straymagnetic flux through the area of said conductive loop that will causesome negative electromagnetic feedback which will cause the DC flow ofelectrons in said conducting loop to be downgraded. To eliminate thisunwanted negative feedback a diode can placed in said conductive loop orwire, and said diode is placed with the bias direction so that electronscan only flow in one direction, and said diode has a bias to allowelectrons to flow through said conductive loop in the same directionalsense that said shaft-magnet system is spinning, whereas if one looks atsaid conducting path in a direction from the first end of said shafttowards the second end of said shaft and said shaft-magnet system isspinning counterclockwise, said diode is placed in said conducting witha bias to allow electrons to flow in the counterclockwise direction asviewed from the first end of said shaft towards the second end of saidshaft, and again if one looks at said conducting path in a directionfrom the first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaftand said shaft-magnet system is spinning clockwise, said diode is placedin said conducting with a bias to allow electrons to flow in theclockwise direction as viewed from the first end of said shaft towardsthe second end of said shaft, whereas said diode prevents any negativeelectro-magnetic feedback in the different designs of said DC Homopolarelectric generators.

The invention as disclosed has many other derivatives and extensions andis not to be judged by the above description but is rather to be judgedon the basis of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A homopolar DC electric generator comprising, (a)A shaft mounted on a bearing assembly wherein said shaft is free to spinabout an axis running through its length, and said shaft having a firstend and a second end, and (b) a permanent magnet mounted on said shaftwherein said shaft and said magnet form a composite rigid body which isa shaft-magnet assembly, and (c) said permanent magnet having a northpole and a south pole, and (d) a conductive path comprising a conductingwire or its equivalent wherein said conducting path surrounds saidpermanent magnet and the axis of said shaft at least once, and said pathtraces out an area when viewed from said first end of said shaft towardssaid second end of said shaft and said area being non-zero and said areaforming a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of said shaft andsaid area being identified as the area formed by said loop which isperpendicular to the axis of said shaft said area being larger than thelargest cross-sectional of said permanent magnet wherein saidcross-sectional areas sections of said permanent magnet are those crosssectional areas which form planes which are perpendicular to the axis ofsaid shaft, and the area that said conducting path traces out that isperpendicular to the axis of said shaft is a first functionally relevantarea and shall be referred to as A₁, and the largest of saidperpendicular cross-sectional areas of said permanent magnet being asecond functionally relevant area and shall be referred to as A₂, and A₁being greater that A₂, and (e) a first relevant magnetic field B₁ beingthe magnetic field due to said permanent magnet which is exterior to thephysical boundary of said permanent magnet and a portion of said firstmagnetic field being perpendicular to a portion of said conducting path,and means for spinning said shaft-magnet system so that it has anangular frequency about the axis of said shaft and said shaft-magnetsystem has rotational mechanical kinetic energy, and (f) as saidshaft-magnet system is spinning the magnetic flux through the area A₁due to said first magnetic field B₁ has a derivative with respect totime which is equal to zero, and (g) whereupon as said shaft-magnetsystem is spinning said first magnetic field exerts a Lorentz Force onelectrons within said conducting path which causes electrons to movewithin said conducting path with the same sense of circulation as saidspinning shaft for instance if one looks along said shaft from the firstend of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft and sees saidshaft is spinning counterclockwise said Lorentz Force causes saidelectrons to move counterclockwise through and along said conductingpath, and if one looks along said shaft from the first end of said shafttowards the second end of said shaft and sees said shaft is spinningclockwise said Lorentz Force causes said electrons to move clockwisethrough and along said conducting path, and said Lorentz Force thatcauses the motion of said electrons in said conducting path being aresult effective Lorentz Force operating in said invention and thereforeis identified as a first Lorentz Force, and (h) said motion of saidelectrons in said conducting loop creating a second magnetic field B₂being parallel to the axis of said shaft, and (i) said motion of saidelectrons being electrical energy and said rotational mechanical kineticenergy being converted into electrical energy.
 2. The homopolar DCelectric generator of claim 1 wherein as the rotational angularfrequency of said spinning shaft-magnet system begins to decrease due tofriction, the second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andthe magnetic flux through said area A₁ due to said second magnetic fieldB₂ begins to decrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electricfield E that circulates around said spinning shaft system with acirculation sense opposite to that of said spinning shaft-magnet systemwherein if said spinning shaft system is seen to be spinningcounterclockwise said circulating electric field will have a circulationdirection which is clockwise and if said spinning shaft system is seento be spinning clockwise said circulating electric field will have acirculation direction which is counterclockwise, and said circulatingelectric field exerts a force on said electrons in said conducting pathin a direction they are already moving and this is a manifestation ofpositive electromagnetic feedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator.3. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 1 wherein as therotational angular frequency of said spinning shaft-magnet system beginsto decrease due to friction, the second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and the magnetic flux through said area A₁ due tosaid second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andFaraday's Law produces an electric field E that circulates around saidspinning shaft system with a circulation sense opposite to that of saidspinning shaft system wherein if said spinning shaft system is seen tobe spinning counterclockwise said circulating electric field will have acirculation direction which is clockwise and if said spinning shaftsystem is seen to be spinning clockwise said circulating electric fieldwill have a circulation direction which is counterclockwise, and saidcirculating electric field exerts a force on said electrons in adirection they are already moving, and said conducting path is made of amaterial which is an electrical conductor where the charge carrier isthe electron, and said shaft is made of a material which is not anelectrical conductor, and said permanent magnet is made of a materialwhich is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier is theelectron, and said permanent and said conducting path are electricallyisolated from one another so that no electrons can flow therebetween. 4.The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 1 wherein the distance fromthe south pole of said permanent magnet to the first end of said shaftis smaller than the distance from north pole of said permanent magnet tothe first end of said shaft, and when viewed from the first end of saidshaft towards the second end of said shaft, said shaft-magnet system isspinning counterclockwise, and a third magnetic field exists B₃ beingthe magnetic field within the physical boundary of said permanent magnetand pointing in a direction from said south pole towards said north polewithin the physical boundary of said permanent magnet and a portion ofsaid third magnetic field B₃ being parallel to the axis of said shaftand said component of B₃ parallel to the axis of said shaft pointing ina direction from the first end of said shaft towards the second end ofsaid shaft, and the component of B₃ which is pointing in a directionfrom the first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft ispointing in the same direction as said second magnetic field B₂ which iscaused by the circulation of said electrons through said conductingpath, and said conducting path is made of a material which is anelectrical conductor where the charge carrier is the electron, and saidshaft is made of a material which is not and electrical conductor, andsaid permanent magnet is made of a material which is an electricalconductor wherein the charge carrier is the electron, and said permanentmagnet and said conducting path are electrically isolated from oneanother so that no electrons can flow therebetween, and as said shaft isspinning with its counterclockwise sense as seen when looking from thefirst end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, electronswithin the physical body of said permanent magnet experience a LorentzForce from both B₂ and the component of B₃ which parallel to the axis ofsaid shaft, and said Lorentz Force on said electrons within the physicalbody of said permanent magnet being a result effective Lorentz forceoperating in said invention and therefore is identified as a secondLorentz Force so as to distinguish it from said First Lorentz Force inclaim One, and said second Lorentz Force which acts on said electronswithin the physical boundary of said permanent magnet pushes saidelectrons away from the axis of said shaft causing a population ofnegatively charged electrons to assemble near the outer surface of saidpermanent magnet leaving the volumetric region near the axis of saidshaft within the physical body of said permanent magnet positivelycharged, and wherein as the rotational angular frequency of saidspinning shaft-magnet system begins to decrease due to friction, saidsecond magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and the magneticflux through said area A₁ due to said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electric field E thatcirculates around said spinning shaft system with a circulation sensewhich is clockwise which is the opposite sense with respect to saidcounterclockwise spinning shaft-magnet system when viewed from the firstend of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, and saidcirculating electric field exerts a force on said population ofnegatively charged electrons assembled near the outer surface of saidpermanent magnet, and said force on said population of negativelycharged electrons assembled near the outer surface of said permanentmagnet results in a mechanical torque on said spinning shaft-magnetsystem which serves to keep it spinning in the direction it is alreadyspinning therefore this result is a DC homopolar electric generator withpositive electromechanical feedback.
 5. The homopolar DC electricgenerator of claim 1 wherein the distance from the south pole of saidpermanent magnet to the first end of said shaft is smaller than thedistance from north pole of said permanent magnet to the first end ofsaid shaft, and when viewed from the first end of said shaft towards thesecond end of said shaft, said shaft-magnet system is spinningcounterclockwise, and a third magnetic field exists B₃ being themagnetic field within the physical boundary of said permanent magnet andpointing in a direction from said south pole towards said north polewithin the physical boundary of said permanent magnet and a portion ofsaid third magnetic field B₃ being parallel to the axis of said shaftand said component of B₃ parallel to the axis of said shaft pointing ina direction from the first end of said shaft towards the second end ofsaid shaft, and the component of B₃ which is pointing in a directionfrom the first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft ispointing in the same direction as said second magnetic field B₂ which iscaused by the circulation of said electrons through said conductingpath, and said conducting path is made of a material which is anelectrical conductor where the charge carrier is the electron, and saidshaft is made of a material which is not and electrical conductor, andsaid permanent magnet is made of a material which is an electricalconductor wherein the charge carrier is the electron, and said permanentmagnet and said conducting path are electrically isolated from oneanother so that no electrons can flow therebetween, and as said shaft isspinning, with its counterclockwise sense as seen when looking from thefirst end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, electronswithin the physical body of said permanent magnet experience a LorentzForce from both B₂ and the component of B₃ which is parallel to the axisof said shaft, and said Lorentz Force on said electrons within thephysical body of said permanent magnet being a result effective Lorentzforce operating in said invention and therefore is identified as asecond Lorentz Force so as to distinguish it from said First LorentzForce in claim One, and said second Lorentz Force which acts on saidelectrons within the physical boundary of said permanent magnet pushessaid electrons away from the axis of said shaft causing a population ofnegatively charged electrons to assemble near the outer surface of saidpermanent magnet leaving the volumetric region near the axis of saidshaft within the physical body of said permanent magnet positivelycharged, and wherein as the rotational angular frequency of saidspinning shaft-magnet system begins to decrease due to friction, saidsecond magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and the magneticflux through said area A₁ due to said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electric field E thatcirculates around said spinning shaft system with a circulation sensewhich is clockwise which is the opposite sense with respect to saidcounterclockwise spinning shaft-magnet system when viewed from the firstend of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, and saidcirculating electric field exerts a force on said population ofnegatively charged electrons assembled near the outer surface of saidpermanent magnet, and said force on said population of negativelycharged electrons assembled near the outer surface of said permanentmagnet results in a mechanical torque on said spinning shaft-magnetsystem which serves to keep it spinning in the direction it is alreadyspinning therefore this result is a manifestation of positiveelectromechanical feedback, and said electric field exerts a force onsaid electrons in said conducting path in a direction they are alreadymoving and this result is a manifestation of positive electromagneticfeedback, thus this is a DC homopolar electric generator with positiveelectromagnetic and positive electromechanical feedback.
 6. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 1 wherein said conducting pathhas a first end and a second end and when said first and second ends areattached to the two terminals of an electrical device said generatordrives electrons through said device
 7. The homopolar DC electricgenerator of claim 1 wherein said conducting path comprises amultiplicity of turns of wire which circumferentially surround the axisof said shaft.
 8. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 1 whereinsaid conducting path comprises a multiplicity of circular turns of wirewhich circumferentially surround the axis of said shaft, and saidcircular turns of said wire form a cylindrical coil and said cylindricalcoil forms a coil volume and said permanent magnet is completelyenclosed within said coil volume.
 9. The homopolar DC electric generatorof claim 1 wherein said conducting path comprises a multiplicity ofcircular turns of wire which circumferentially surround the axis of saidshaft, and said circular turns of said wire form a cylindrical coil andsaid cylindrical coil forms a coil volume and said permanent magnet iscompletely enclosed within said coil volume, and each circular wire turnforms an area and the magnetic flux through the area of each circularwire turn due to the magnetic field of said permanent magnet is constantwith respect to time when shaft is stationary and when shaft isspinning, thereby minimizing electro-magnetic drag from Faraday's law.10. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 1 wherein saidconducting path comprises a multiplicity of circular turns of wire whichcircumferentially surround the axis of said shaft, and said circularturns of said wire form a cylindrical coil and said cylindrical coilforms a coil volume and said permanent magnet is completely enclosedwithin said coil volume, and each circular wire turn forms an area andthe magnetic flux through the area of each circular wire turn due to themagnetic field of said permanent magnet is constant with respect to timewhen shaft is stationary and when shaft is spinning, thereby minimizingelectro-magnetic drag from Faraday's law, and said coil volume is acylindrical volume which has a geometric cylindrical surface area whichis defined as the coil surface area A_(C) wherein A_(C) defines saidcoil volume, and the magnetic flux through said coil surface area A_(C)due to the magnetic field of said permanent is zero.
 11. The homopolarDC electric generator of claim 1 wherein A₂ is less than A₁ and largerthan ½ of A₁.
 12. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 1 whereinA₂ is as large as possible without said permanent magnet coming incontact with said conducting path as said shaft-magnet system isspinning.
 13. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 1 wherein adiode is placed in said conductive path, loop, or wire, and said diodeis placed with the bias direction so that electrons can only flow in onedirection, and said diode has a bias to allow electrons to flow throughsaid conductive path in the same directional sense that saidshaft-magnet system is spinning, whereas if one looks at said conductingpath in a direction from the first end of said shaft towards the secondend of said shaft and said shaft-magnet system is spinningcounterclockwise, said diode is placed in said conducting path with abias to allow electrons to flow in the counterclockwise direction asviewed from the first end of said shaft towards the second end of saidshaft, and again if one looks at said conducting path in a directionfrom the first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaftand said shaft-magnet system is spinning clockwise, said diode is placedin said conducting path with a bias to allow electrons to flow in theclockwise direction as viewed from the first end of said shaft towardsthe second end of said shaft, whereas said diode minimizes negativeelectro-magnetic feedback in said Homopolar DC electric generator.
 14. Ahomopolar DC electric generator comprising, (a) A shaft mounted on abearing assembly wherein said shaft is free to spin about an axisrunning through its length, and said shaft having a first end and asecond end, and (b) a permanent magnet mounted on said shaft whereinsaid shaft and said magnet form a composite rigid body which is ashaft-magnet assembly, and said permanent magnet being a cylinderwherein said cylinder is a magnetic cylinder, and said magnetic cylinderhas a central axis which is common to the axis of said shaft, and (c)said permanent magnet having a north pole and a south pole, and saidnorth pole being one end of said magnetic cylinder and said south polebeing the opposing end of said magnetic cylinder, and (d) a continuousconductive path comprising a conducting wire or its equivalent whereinsaid conducting path surrounds said magnetic cylinder and the axis ofsaid shaft at least once, and said path traces out an area when viewedfrom said first end of said shaft towards said second end of said shaftand said area being non-zero and said area forming a circular planardisk which is perpendicular to the axis of said shaft and said areabeing identified as the area formed by said circular loop which isperpendicular to the axis of said shaft said area being larger than thecircular cross-sectional of said magnet cylinder wherein said circularcross-sectional area of said magnetic cylinder is a cross sectional areawhich forms a planar disk which is perpendicular to the axis of saidshaft, and the circular area that said conducting path traces out thatis perpendicular to the axis of said shaft is a first functionallyrelevant area and shall be referred to as A₁, and the cross-sectionalarea of said magnetic cylinder being a second functionally relevant areaand shall be referred to as A₂, and A₁ being greater that A₂, and (e) afirst relevant magnetic field B₁ being the magnetic field due to saidpermanent magnet which is exterior to the physical boundary of saidpermanent magnet and a portion of said first magnetic field beingperpendicular to a portion of said conducting path, and (f) means forspinning said shaft-magnet system so that it has an angular frequencyabout the axis of said shaft and said shaft-magnet system has rotationalmechanical kinetic energy, and (g) as said shaft-magnet system isspinning the magnetic flux through the area A₁ due to said firstmagnetic field B₁ has a derivative with respect to time which is equalto zero, and (h) whereupon as said shaft-magnet system is spinning saidfirst magnetic field B₁ exerts a first Lorentz Force on electrons withinsaid conducting path which causes electrons to move within saidconducting path with the same sense of circulation as said spinningshaft-magnet system for instance if one looks along said shaft from thefirst end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft and seessaid shaft is spinning counterclockwise said Lorentz Force causes saidelectrons to move counterclockwise through and along said conductingpath, and if one looks along said shaft from the first end of said shafttowards the second end of said shaft and sees said shaft is spinningclockwise said Lorentz Force causes said electrons to move clockwisethrough and along said conducting path, and said Lorentz Force thatcauses the motion of said electrons in said conducting path being aresult effective Lorentz Force operating in said invention and thereforeis identified as a first Lorentz Force, and (i) said motion of saidelectrons in said conducting loop creating a second magnetic field B₂being parallel to the axis of said shaft, and (j) said motion of saidelectrons being electrical energy and said rotational mechanical kineticenergy being converted into electrical energy.
 15. The homopolar DCelectric generator of claim 14 wherein as the rotational angularfrequency of said spinning shaft-magnet system begins to decrease due tofriction, the second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andthe magnetic flux through said area A₁ due to said second magnetic fieldB₂ begins to decrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electricfield E that circulates around said spinning shaft system with acirculation sense opposite to that of said spinning shaft system whereinif said spinning shaft system is seen to be spinning counterclockwisesaid circulating electric field will have a circulation direction whichis clockwise and if said spinning shaft system is seen to be spinningclockwise said circulating electric field will have a circulationdirection which is counterclockwise, and said circulating electric fieldexerts a force on said electrons in said conducting path in a directionthey are already moving and this is a manifestation of positiveelectromagnetic feedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator.
 16. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 14 wherein as the rotationalangular frequency of said spinning shaft-magnet system begins todecrease due to friction, the second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and the magnetic flux through said area A₁ due tosaid second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andFaraday's Law produces an electric field E that circulates around saidspinning shaft system with a circulation sense opposite to that of saidspinning shaft system wherein if said spinning shaft system is seen tobe spinning counterclockwise said circulating electric field will have acirculation direction which is clockwise and if said spinning shaftsystem is seen to be spinning clockwise said circulating electric fieldwill have a circulation direction which is counterclockwise, and saidcirculating electric field exerts a force on said electrons in adirection they are already moving, and said conducting path is made of amaterial which is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier isthe electron, and said shaft is made of a material which is not andelectrical conductor, and said magnet cylinder is made of a materialwhich is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier is theelectron, and said permanent and said conducting path are electricallyisolated from one another so that no electrons can flow therebetween.17. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 14 wherein the distancefrom the south pole of said permanent magnet to the first end of saidshaft is smaller than the distance from north pole of said permanentmagnet to the first end of said shaft, and when viewed from the firstend of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, saidshaft-magnet system is spinning counterclockwise, and a third magneticfield exists B₃ being the magnetic field within the physical boundary ofsaid magnetic cylinder due to its permanent magnetism and pointing in adirection from said south pole towards said north pole within thephysical boundary of said magnetic cylinder, and said third magneticfield B₃ being parallel to the axis of said shaft and B₃ pointing in adirection from the first end of said shaft towards the second end ofsaid shaft, and B₃ which is pointing in a direction from the first endof said shaft towards the second end of said shaft is pointing in thesame direction as said second magnetic field B₂ which is caused by thecirculation of said electrons through said conducting path, and saidconducting path is made of a material which is an electrical conductorwherein the charge carrier is the electron, and said shaft is made of amaterial which is not an electrical conductor, and said magneticcylinder is made of a material which is an electrical conductor whereinthe charge carrier is the electron, and said permanent magnet and saidconducting path are electrically isolated from one another so that noelectrons can flow therebetween, and as said shaft-magnet system isspinning, with its counterclockwise sense as seen when looking from thefirst end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, electronswithin the physical body of said permanent magnet experience a LorentzForce from both B₂ and B₃, and said Lorentz Force on said electronswithin the physical body of said permanent magnet being a resulteffective Lorentz force operating in said invention and therefore isidentified as a second Lorentz Force so as to distinguish it from saidFirst Lorentz Force defined in claim One, and said second Lorentz Forcewhich acts on said electrons within the physical boundary of saidpermanent magnet pushes said electrons away from the axis of said shaftcausing a population of negatively charged electrons to assemble nearthe outer surface of said magnetic cylinder leaving the volumetricregion near the axis of said shaft within the physical body of saidmagnetic cylinder positively charged, and wherein as the rotationalangular frequency of said spinning shaft-magnet system begins todecrease due to friction, said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and the magnetic flux through said area A₁ due tosaid second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andFaraday's Law produces an electric field E that circulates around saidspinning shaft-magnet system with a circulation sense which is clockwisewhich is the opposite sense with respect to said counterclockwisespinning shaft-magnet system when viewed from the first end of saidshaft towards the second end of said shaft, and said circulatingelectric field exerts a force on said population of negatively chargedelectrons assembled near the outer surface of said permanent magnet, andsaid force on said population of negatively charged electrons assemblednear the outer surface of said permanent magnet results in a mechanicaltorque on said spinning shaft-magnet system which serves to keep itspinning in the direction it is already spinning therefore this resultis a DC homopolar electric generator with positive electromechanicalfeedback.
 18. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 14 whereinthe distance from the south pole of said magnetic cylinder to the firstend of said shaft is smaller than the distance from the north pole ofsaid magnetic cylinder to the first end of said shaft, and when viewedfrom the first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft,said shaft-magnet system is spinning counterclockwise, and a thirdmagnetic field exists B₃ being the magnetic field within the physicalboundary of said permanent magnetic cylinder and pointing in a directionfrom said south pole towards said north pole within the physicalboundary of said permanent magnetic cylinder and said third magneticfield B₃ being parallel to the axis of said shaft and pointing in adirection from the first end of said shaft towards the second end ofsaid shaft, and B₃ which is pointing in the same direction as saidsecond magnetic field B₂ which is caused by the circulation of saidelectrons through said conducting path, and said conducting path is madeof a material which is an electrical conductor wherein the chargecarrier is the electron, and said shaft is made of a material which isnot and electrical conductor, and said permanent magnetic cylinder ismade of a material which is an electrical conductor wherein the chargecarrier is the electron, and said permanent magnetic cylinder and saidconducting path being electrically isolated from one another so that noelectrons can flow therebetween, and as said shaft-magnet system isspinning, with its counterclockwise sense as seen when looking from thefirst end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, andelectrons within the physical body of said permanent magnet experience aLorentz Force from both B₂ and B₃, and said Lorentz Force on saidelectrons within the physical body of said permanent magnet being aresult effective Lorentz force operating in said invention and thereforeis identified as a second Lorentz Force so as to distinguish it fromsaid First Lorentz Force in claim One, and said second Lorentz Forcewhich acts on said electrons within the physical boundary of saidpermanent magnet pushes said electrons away from the axis of said shaftcausing a population of negatively charged electrons to assemble nearthe outer surface of said permanent magnetic cylinder leaving thevolumetric region near the axis of said shaft within the physical bodyof said permanent magnetic cylinder positively charged, and wherein asthe rotational angular frequency of said spinning shaft-magnet systembegins to decrease due to friction, said second magnetic field B₂ beginsto decrease with time, and the magnetic flux through said area A₁ due tosaid second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andFaraday's Law produces an electric field E that circulates around saidspinning shaft system with a circulation sense which is clockwise whichis the opposite sense with respect to said counterclockwise spinningshaft-magnet system when viewed from the first end of said shaft towardsthe second end of said shaft, and said circulating electric field exertsa force on said population of negatively charged electrons assemblednear the outer surface of said permanent magnetic cylinder, and saidforce on said population of negatively charged electrons assembled nearthe outer surface of said permanent magnetic cylinder results in amechanical torque on said spinning shaft-magnet system which serves tokeep it spinning in the direction it is already spinning therefore thisresult is a manifestation of positive electromechanical feedback, andsaid electric field exerts a force on said electrons in said conductingpath in a direction they are already moving and this result is amanifestation of positive electromagnetic feedback, thus this is ahomopolar DC electric generator with positive electromagnetic andpositive electromechanical feedback.
 19. The homopolar DC electricgenerator of claim 14 wherein said conducting path has a first end and asecond end and when said first and second ends are attached to the twoterminals of an electrical device said generator drives electronsthrough said device.
 20. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 14wherein said conducting path comprises a multiplicity of turns of wirewhich circumferentially surround the axis of said shaft.
 21. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 14 wherein said conducting pathcomprises a multiplicity of circular turns of wire whichcircumferentially surround the axis of said shaft, and said circularturns of said wire form a cylindrical coil and said cylindrical coilforms a coil volume and said permanent magnetic cylinder is completelyenclosed within said coil volume.
 22. The homopolar DC electricgenerator of claim 14 wherein said conducting path comprises amultiplicity of circular turns of wire which circumferentially surroundthe axis of said shaft, and said circular turns of said wire form acylindrical coil and said cylindrical coil forms a coil volume and saidpermanent magnetic cylinder is completely enclosed within said coilvolume, and each circular wire turn forms an area and the magnetic fluxthrough the area of each circular wire turn due to the magnetic field ofsaid permanent magnet is constant with respect to time when shaft isstationary and when shaft is spinning, thereby minimizingelectro-magnetic drag from Faraday's law.
 23. The homopolar DC electricgenerator of claim 14 wherein said conducting path comprises amultiplicity of circular turns of wire which circumferentially surroundthe axis of said shaft, and said circular turns of said wire form acylindrical coil and said cylindrical coil forms a coil volume and saidpermanent magnet is completely enclosed within said coil volume, andeach circular wire turn forms an area and the magnetic flux through thearea of each circular wire turn due to the magnetic field of saidpermanent magnetic cylinder is constant with respect to time when shaftis stationary and when shaft is spinning, thereby minimizingelectro-magnetic drag from Faraday's law, and said coil volume is acylindrical volume which has a geometric cylindrical surface area whichis defined as the coil surface area A_(C) wherein A_(C) encloses saidcoil volume, and the magnetic flux through said coil surface area A_(C)due to magnetic field of said magnetic cylinder is zero.
 24. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 14 wherein A₂ is less than A₁and larger than ½ of A₁.
 25. The homopolar DC electric generator ofclaim 14 wherein A₂ is as large as possible without said permanentmagnet coming in contact with said conducting path as said shaft-magnetsystem is spinning.
 26. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 14wherein a diode is placed in said conductive path, loop, or wire, andsaid diode is placed with the bias direction so that electrons can onlyflow in one direction, and said diode has a bias to allow electrons toflow through said conductive path in the same directional sense thatsaid shaft-magnet system is spinning, whereas if one looks at saidconducting path in a direction from the first end of said shaft towardsthe second end of said shaft and said shaft-magnet system is spinningcounterclockwise, said diode is placed in said conducting path with abias to allow electrons to flow in the counterclockwise direction asviewed from the first end of said shaft towards the second end of saidshaft, and again if one looks at said conducting path in a directionfrom the first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaftand said shaft-magnet system is spinning clockwise, said diode is placedin said conducting path with a bias to allow electrons to flow in theclockwise direction as viewed from the first end of said shaft towardsthe second end of said shaft, whereas said diode minimizes negativeelectro-magnetic feedback in said DC Homopolar generator.
 27. Ahomopolar DC electric generator comprising, (a) A shaft mounted on abearing assembly wherein said shaft is free to spin about an axisrunning through its length, and said shaft having a first end and asecond end, and (b) a permanent magnet mounted on said shaft whereinsaid shaft and said magnet form a composite rigid body which is ashaft-magnet assembly, and (c) said permanent magnet having a north poleand a south pole, said permanent magnet having a magnetic field withinits internal physical boundary and said magnetic field being referred toas B_(i), and B_(i) being in a direction that is perpendicular to theaxis of said shaft, and (d) a conductive path comprising a conductingwire or its equivalent wherein said conducting path surrounds saidpermanent magnet and the axis of said shaft at least once, and said pathtraces out an area when viewed from said first end of said shaft towardssaid second end of said shaft and said area being non-zero and said areaforming a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of said shaft andsaid area being identified as the area formed by said loop which isperpendicular to the axis of said shaft said area being larger than thelargest cross-sectional of said permanent magnet wherein saidcross-sectional areas sections of said permanent magnet are those crosssectional areas which form planes which are perpendicular to the axis ofsaid shaft, and the area that said conducting path traces out that isperpendicular to the axis of said shaft is a first functionally relevantarea and shall be referred to as A₁, and the largest of saidperpendicular cross-sectional areas of said permanent magnet being asecond functionally relevant area and shall be referred to as A₂, and A₁being greater that A₂, and (e) a first relevant magnetic field B₁ beingthe magnetic field due to said permanent magnet which is exterior to thephysical boundary of said permanent magnet and a portion of said firstmagnetic field being perpendicular to a portion of said conducting path,and (f) means for spinning said shaft-magnet system so that it has anangular frequency about the axis of said shaft and said shaft-magnetsystem has rotational mechanical kinetic energy, and (g) as saidshaft-magnet system is spinning the magnetic flux through the area A₁due to said first magnetic field B₁ has a derivative with respect totime which is equal to zero, and (h) whereupon as said shaft-magnetsystem is spinning said first magnetic field exerts a first LorentzForce on electrons within said conducting path which causes electrons tomove within said conducting path with the same sense of circulation assaid spinning shaft for instance if one looks along said shaft from thefirst end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft and seessaid shaft is spinning counterclockwise said Lorentz Force causes saidelectrons to move counterclockwise through and along said conductingpath, and if one looks along said shaft from the first end of said shafttowards the second end of said shaft and sees said shaft is spinningclockwise said Lorentz Force causes said electrons to move clockwisethrough and along said conducting path, and said Lorentz Force thatcauses the motion of said electrons in said conducting path being aresult effective Lorentz Force operating in said invention and thereforeis identified as a first Lorentz Force, and (i) said motion of saidelectrons in said conducting loop creating a second magnetic field B₂being parallel to the axis of said shaft, and (j) said motion of saidelectrons being electrical energy and said rotational mechanical kineticenergy being converted into electrical energy.
 28. The homopolar DCelectric generator of claim 27 wherein as the rotational angularfrequency of said spinning shaft-magnet system begins to decrease due tofriction, said second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time,and the magnetic flux through said area A₁ due to said second magneticfield B₂ begins to decrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces anelectric field E that circulates around said spinning shaft system witha circulation sense opposite to that of said spinning shaft-magnetsystem wherein if said spinning shaft system is seen to be spinningcounterclockwise said circulating electric field will have a circulationdirection which is clockwise and if said spinning shaft system is seento be spinning clockwise said circulating electric field will have acirculation direction which is counterclockwise, and said circulatingelectric field exerts a force on said electrons in said conducting pathin a direction they are already moving, and this being manifestation aHomopolar DC generator with positive electromagnetic feedback.
 29. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 27 wherein as the rotationalangular frequency of said spinning shaft-magnet system begins todecrease due to friction, said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and the magnetic flux through said area A₁ due tosaid second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andFaraday's Law produces an electric field E that circulates around saidspinning shaft system with a circulation sense opposite to that of saidspinning shaft system wherein if said spinning shaft system is seen tobe spinning counterclockwise said circulating electric field will have acirculation direction which is clockwise and if said spinning shaftsystem is seen to be spinning clockwise said circulating electric fieldwill have a circulation direction which is counterclockwise, and saidcirculating electric field exerts a force on said electrons in adirection they are already moving, and said conducting path is made of amaterial which is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier isthe electron, and said shaft is made of a material which is not andelectrical conductor, and said permanent magnet is made of a materialwhich is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier is theelectron, and said permanent magnet and said conducting path areelectrically isolated from one another so that no electrons can flowtherebetween.
 30. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 27wherein said conducting path is made of a material which is anelectrical conductor wherein the charge carrier is the electron, andsaid shaft is made of a material which is not an electrical conductor,and said permanent magnet is made of a material which is an electricalconductor wherein the charge carrier is the electron, and said permanentmagnet and said conducting path are electrically isolated from oneanother so that no electrons can flow therebetween, and as said shaft isspinning with a well-defined sense either clockwise or counterclockwiseas seen when looking from the first end of said shaft towards the secondend of said shaft, and electrons within the physical body of saidpermanent magnet experience a Lorentz Force from B₂, and said LorentzForce on said electrons within the physical body of said permanentmagnet being a result effective Lorentz force operating in saidinvention and therefore is identified as a second Lorentz Force so as todistinguish it from said First Lorentz Force defined in claim 27, andsaid second Lorentz Force which acts on said electrons within thephysical boundary of said permanent magnet pushes said electrons awayfrom the axis of said shaft causing a population of negatively chargedelectrons to assemble near the outer surface of said permanent magnetleaving the volumetric region near the axis of said shaft within thephysical body of said permanent magnet positively charged, and whereinas the rotational angular frequency of said spinning shaft-magnet systembegins to decrease due to friction, said second magnetic field B₂ beginsto decrease with time, and the magnetic flux through said area A₁ due tosaid second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andFaraday's Law produces an electric field E that circulates around saidspinning shaft system with a circulation sense which is the oppositesense with respect to said spinning shaft-magnet system when viewed fromthe first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, andsaid circulating electric field exerts a force on said population ofnegatively charged electrons assembled near the outer surface of saidpermanent magnet, and said force on said population of negativelycharged electrons assembled near the outer surface of said permanentmagnet results in a mechanical torque on said spinning shaft-magnetsystem which serves to keep it spinning in the direction it is alreadyspinning therefore this result is a homopolar DC electric generator withpositive electromechanical feedback.
 31. The homopolar DC electricgenerator of claim 27 wherein said conducting path is made of a materialwhich is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier is theelectron, and said shaft is made of a material which is not anelectrical conductor, and said permanent magnet is made of a materialwhich is an electrical conductor wherein the charge carrier is theelectron, and said permanent magnet and said conducting path areelectrically isolated from one another so that no electrons can flowtherebetween, and as said shaft is spinning with a well-defined senseeither clockwise or counterclockwise as seen when looking from the firstend of said shaft towards the second end of said shaft, and electronswithin the physical body of said permanent magnet experience a LorentzForce from B₂, and said Lorentz Force on said electrons within thephysical body of said permanent magnet being a result effective Lorentzforce operating in said invention and therefore is identified as asecond Lorentz Force so as to distinguish it from said First LorentzForce defined in 27, and said second Lorentz Force which acts on saidelectrons within the physical boundary of said permanent magnet pushessaid electrons away from the axis of said shaft causing a population ofnegatively charged electrons to assemble near the outer surface of saidpermanent magnet leaving the volumetric region near the axis of saidshaft within the physical body of said permanent magnet positivelycharged, and wherein as the rotational angular frequency of saidspinning shaft-magnet system begins to decrease due to friction, saidsecond magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and the magneticflux through said area A₁ due to said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electric field E thatcirculates around said spinning shaft system with a circulation sensewhich is the opposite sense with respect to said spinning shaft-magnetsystem when viewed from the first end of said shaft towards the secondend of said shaft, and said circulating electric field exerts a force onsaid population of negatively charged electrons assembled near the outersurface of said permanent magnet, and said force on said population ofnegatively charged electrons assembled near the outer surface of saidpermanent magnet results in a mechanical torque on said spinningshaft-magnet system which serves to keep it spinning in the direction itis already spinning therefore this result is a DC homopolar electricgenerator with positive electromechanical feedback, and said electricfield exerts a force on said electrons in said conducting path in adirection they are already moving and this result is a manifestation ofpositive electromagnetic feedback, thus this is a homopolar DC electricgenerator with positive electromagnetic and positive electromechanicalfeedback.
 32. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 27 whereinsaid conducting path has a first end and a second end and when saidfirst and second ends are attached to the two terminals of an electricaldevice said generator drives electrons through said device.
 33. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 27 wherein said conducting pathcomprises a multiplicity of turns of wire which circumferentiallysurround the axis of said shaft.
 34. The homopolar DC electric generatorof claim 27 wherein said conducting path comprises a multiplicity ofcircular turns of wire which circumferentially surround the axis of saidshaft, and said circular turns of said wire form a cylindrical coil andsaid cylindrical coil forms a coil volume and said permanent magnet iscompletely enclosed within said coil volume.
 35. The homopolar DCelectric generator of claim 27 wherein said conducting path comprises amultiplicity of circular turns of wire which circumferentially surroundthe axis of said shaft, and said circular turns of said wire form acylindrical coil and said cylindrical coil forms a coil volume and saidpermanent magnet is completely enclosed within said coil volume, andeach circular wire turn forms an area and the magnetic flux through thearea of each circular wire turn due to the magnetic field of saidpermanent magnet is constant with respect to time when said shaft isstationary and when shaft is spinning, thereby minimizing anyelectro-magnetic drag from Faraday's law.
 36. The homopolar DC electricgenerator of claim 27 wherein said conducting path comprises amultiplicity of circular turns of wire which circumferentially surroundthe axis of said shaft, and said circular turns of said wire form acylindrical coil and said cylindrical coil forms a coil volume and saidpermanent magnet is completely enclosed within said coil volume, andeach circular wire turn forms an area and the magnetic flux through thearea of each circular wire turn due to the magnetic field of saidpermanent magnet is constant with respect to time when shaft isstationary and when shaft is spinning, thereby minimizingelectro-magnetic drag from Faraday's law, and said coil volume is acylindrical volume which has a geometric cylindrical surface area whichis defined as the coil surface area A_(C) wherein A_(C) encloses saidcoil volume, and the magnetic flux through said coil surface area A_(C)due to magnetic field of said permanent magnet is zero.
 37. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 27 wherein A₂ is less than A₁and larger than ½ of A₁.
 38. The homopolar DC electric generator ofclaim 27 wherein A₂ is as large as possible without said permanentmagnet coming in contact with said conducting path as said shaft-magnetsystem is spinning.
 39. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 27wherein a diode is placed in said conductive path, loop or wire, andsaid diode is placed with the bias direction so that electrons can onlyflow in one direction, and said diode has a bias to allow electrons toflow through said conductive path in the same directional sense thatsaid shaft-magnet system is spinning, whereas if one looks at saidconducting path in a direction from the first end of said shaft towardsthe second end of said shaft and said shaft-magnet system is spinningcounterclockwise, said diode is placed in said conducting path with abias to allow electrons to flow in the counterclockwise direction asviewed from the first end of said shaft towards the second end of saidshaft, and again if one looks at said conducting path in a directionfrom the first end of said shaft towards the second end of said shaftand said shaft-magnet system is spinning clockwise, said diode is placedin said conducting path with a bias to allow electrons to flow in theclockwise direction as viewed from the first end of said shaft towardsthe second end of said shaft, whereas said diode minimizes negativeelectro-magnetic feedback in said DC Homopolar generator.
 40. AHomopolar DC electric generator comprising, (a) A rigid cylindrical coilstructure comprising a conductive path made of a conducting wire or itsequivalent wound into a cylindrical shape comprising a helicalconductive path coil and mounted on a rigid cylindrical structure sothat said rigid cylindrical structure with said helical conductive pathcoil wound and attached to its outer surface comprises a rigid bodybeing a rigid cylindrical coil structure, and (b) said helicalconductive path coil having a first end and a second end and saidhelical conductive path coil being electrically isolated from said rigidcylindrical structure, and (c) said rigid cylindrical coil structurebeing cylindrical in shape and having a central axis and a first end anda second end, and (d) a first section of a solid cylindrical shaft beingmounted to said first end of said rigid cylindrical coil structure, anda second section of a solid cylindrical shaft being mounted to saidsecond end of said rigid cylindrical coil structure, and said solidcylindrical shaft sections having central axes that are along the samegeometric line, as the axis of said rigid cylindrical coil structure,and said solid cylindrical shaft sections mounted onto said rigidcylindrical coil structure being a composite rigid body which is a rigidshaft-coil assembly, and (e) said first and second shaft sections beingmounted on bearing assemblies thereby allowing said rigid shaft-coilassembly to spin freely about an axis running along its length andthrough its central axis, and said rigid shaft-coil assembly having afirst end and a second end, and (f) said rigid cylindrical coilstructure having a cross sectional area A, and said rigid cylindricalcoil structure having an internal volume being the volume of a cylinder,and the region outside said rigid cylindrical coil structure volumebeing a region external to said rigid cylindrical coil structure, and(g) external to said rigid cylindrical coil structure there being afixed motionless permanent magnet, and said permanent magnet having amagnetic field external to its physical boundary and said field being afirst relevant magnetic field B₁ and a portion of said first magneticfield B₁ being perpendicular to a portion of said conducting path, and(h) said conducting path being made of a material that is an electricalconductor wherein the charge carrier is the electron, and (i) means forspinning said rigid shaft-coil assembly so that it has an angularfrequency about its central axis and said rigid shaft-coil assembly hasrotational mechanical kinetic energy, and (j) as said rigid shaft-coilassembly is spinning the magnetic flux through the area A due to saidfirst magnetic field B₁ has a derivative with respect to time which isequal to zero, and (k) said rigid coil structure having a cylindricalvolume and said volume having a cylindrical surface area and themagnetic flux through said cylindrical surface area due to B₁ beingequal to zero, and (l) whereupon as said rigid shaft-coil assembly isspinning said first magnetic field B₁ exerts a first Lorentz Force onelectrons within said conducting path which causes electrons to movewithin said conducting path with the opposite sense of circulation assaid spinning rigid shaft-coil assembly for instance if one looks alongsaid rigid shaft-coil assembly from the first end of said rigidshaft-coil assembly towards the second end of said rigid shaft-coilassembly and sees said rigid shaft-coil assembly is spinningcounterclockwise said Lorentz Force causes said electrons to moveclockwise through and along said conducting path, and if one looks alongsaid rigid shaft-coil assembly from the first end of said rigidshaft-coil assembly towards the second end of said rigid shaft-coilassembly and sees said rigid shaft-coil assembly is spinning clockwisesaid Lorentz Force causes said electrons to move counterclockwisethrough and along said conducting path, and said Lorentz Force thatcauses the motion of said electrons in said conducting path being aresult effective Lorentz Force operating in said invention and thereforeis identified as a first Lorentz Force, and (m) said motion of saidelectrons in said conducting path creating a second magnetic field B₂being parallel to the axis of said rigid shaft-coil assembly, and (n)said motion of said electrons being electrical energy and saidrotational mechanical kinetic energy being converted into electricalenergy.
 41. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 40 wherein asthe rotational angular frequency of said spinning rigid shaft-coilassembly begins to decrease due to friction, said second magnetic fieldB₂ begins to decrease with time, and the magnetic flux through said areaA due to said second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, andFaraday's Law produces an electric field E that circulates around saidspinning rigid shaft-coil assembly with a circulation sense in the samedirection as that of said spinning rigid shaft-coil assembly wherein ifsaid spinning rigid shaft-coil assembly is seen to be spinningcounterclockwise said circulating electric field will have a circulationdirection which is counterclockwise and if said spinning rigidshaft-coil assembly is seen to be spinning clockwise said circulatingelectric field will have a circulation direction which is clockwise, andsaid circulating electric field exerts a force on said electrons in saidconducting path in a direction they are already moving, and this beingmanifestation a Homopolar DC generator with positive electromagneticfeedback.
 42. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 40 whereinfurther included within said cylindrical coil is a solid conductingcylinder permanently affixed to the interior of said cylindrical coil,and said solid cylinder is composed of a material that is an electricalconductor wherein the charge carrier is the electron, and said cylinderis a solid conducting cylinder, and said solid conducting cylinder andsaid coil are electrically isolated from one another, and as said rigidshaft-coil assembly spins said cylinder spins with it without slipping,said rigid shaft-coil assembly and said solid conducting cylinderconstitute a composite rigid body identified as a rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly, and said rigid shaft-coil-cylinderassembly having a first end and a second end, and as said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly is spinning with a well-defined senseeither clockwise or counterclockwise as seen when looking from the firstend of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end ofsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly electrons within the physicalbody of said solid conducting cylinder experience a Lorentz Force fromB₂, and said Lorentz Force on said electrons within the physical body ofsaid solid conducting cylinder being a result effective Lorentz forceoperating in said invention and therefore is identified as a secondLorentz Force so as to distinguish it from said First Lorentz Forcedefined in claim 40, and said second Lorentz Force which acts on saidelectrons within the physical boundary of said solid conducting cylinderpushes said electrons towards the axis of said solid conducting cylindercausing a population of negatively charged electrons to assemble in thecentral volumetric region of said solid conducting cylinder leaving thesurface of said solid conducting cylinder positively charged, andwherein as the rotational angular frequency of said spinning rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly begins to decrease due to friction, saidsecond magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and the magneticflux through said area A due to said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electric field E thatcirculates around said spinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly witha circulation sense which is in the same direction as said spinningrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly when viewed from the first end ofsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end of saidrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly, and said circulating electric fieldexerts a force on the surface of solid conducting cylinder which ispositively charged, and said force on the surface of said solidconducting cylinder results in a mechanical torque on said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly which serves to keep it spinning in thedirection it is already spinning therefore this result is a Homopolar DCelectric generator with positive electromechanical feedback.
 43. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 40 wherein further includedwithin said cylindrical coil is a solid conducting cylinder permanentlyaffixed to the interior of said cylindrical coil, and said solidcylinder is composed of a material that is an electrical conductorwherein the charge carrier is the electron, and said cylinder is a solidconducting cylinder, and said solid conducting cylinder and said coilare electrically isolated from one another, and as said rigid shaft-coilassembly spins said cylinder spins with it without slipping, said rigidshaft-coil assembly and said solid conducting cylinder constitute acomposite rigid body identified as a rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly,and said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly having a first end and asecond end, and as the rotational angular frequency of said spinningrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly begins to decrease due to friction,said second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and themagnetic flux through said area A due to said second magnetic field B₂begins to decrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electricfield E that circulates around said spinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinderassembly with a circulation sense in the same direction as that of saidspinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly wherein if said spinningrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly is seen to be spinningcounterclockwise said circulating electric field will have a circulationdirection which is counterclockwise and if said spinning rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly is seen to be spinning clockwise saidcirculating electric field will have a circulation direction which isclockwise, and said circulating electric field exerts a force on saidelectrons in said conducting path in a direction they are alreadymoving, and this being manifestation of positive electromagneticfeedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator, and as said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly is spinning with a well-defined senseeither clockwise or counterclockwise as seen when looking from the firstend of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end ofsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly electrons within the physicalbody of said solid conducting cylinder experience a Lorentz Force fromB₂, and said Lorentz Force on said electrons within the physical body ofsaid solid conducting cylinder being a result effective Lorentz forceoperating in said invention and therefore is identified as a secondLorentz Force so as to distinguish it from said First Lorentz Forcedefined in claim 40, and said second Lorentz Force which acts on saidelectrons within the physical boundary of said solid conducting cylinderpushes said electrons towards the axis of said solid conducting cylindercausing a population of negatively charged electrons to assemble in thecentral volumetric region of said solid conducting cylinder leaving thesurface of said solid conducting cylinder positively charged, andwherein as the rotational angular frequency of said spinning rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly begins to decrease due to friction, saidsecond magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and the magneticflux through said area A due to said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electric field E thatcirculates around said spinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly witha circulation sense which is in the same direction as said spinningrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly when viewed from the first end ofsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end of saidrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly, and said circulating electric fieldexerts a force on the surface of solid conducting cylinder which ispositively charged, and said force on the surface of said solidconducting cylinder results in a mechanical torque on said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly which serves to keep it spinning in thedirection it is already spinning. This being a manifestation of positiveelectro-mechanical feedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator, andthe foregoing being a Homopolar DC electric generator with both positiveelectromechanical and electro-magnetic feedback.
 44. The homopolar DCelectric generator of claim 40 wherein further included within saidcylindrical coil is a solid conducting cylinder permanently affixed tothe interior of said cylindrical coil, and said solid cylinder iscomposed of a material that is an electrical conductor wherein thecharge carrier is the electron, and said cylinder is a solid conductingcylinder, and said solid conducting cylinder and said coil areelectrically isolated from one another, and as said rigid shaft-coilassembly spins said cylinder spins with it without slipping, said rigidshaft-coil assembly and said solid conducting cylinder constitute acomposite rigid body identified as a rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly,and said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly having a first end and asecond end, and as the rotational angular frequency of said spinningrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly begins to decrease due to friction,said second magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and themagnetic flux through said area A due to said second magnetic field B₂begins to decrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electricfield E that circulates around said spinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinderassembly with a circulation sense in the same direction as that of saidspinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly wherein if said spinningrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly is seen to be spinningcounterclockwise said circulating electric field will have a circulationdirection which is counterclockwise and if said spinning rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly is seen to be spinning clockwise saidcirculating electric field will have a circulation direction which isclockwise, and said circulating electric field exerts a force on saidelectrons in said conducting path in a direction they are alreadymoving, and this being manifestation of positive electromagneticfeedback in a Homopolar DC electric generator, and as said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly is spinning with a well-defined senseeither clockwise or counterclockwise as seen when looking from the firstend of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end ofsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly electrons within the physicalbody of said solid conducting cylinder experience a Lorentz Force fromB₂, and said Lorentz Force on said electrons within the physical body ofsaid solid conducting cylinder being a result effective Lorentz forceoperating in said invention and therefore is identified as a secondLorentz Force so as to distinguish it from said First Lorentz Forcedefined in claim 40, and said second Lorentz Force which acts on saidelectrons within the physical boundary of said solid conducting cylinderpushes said electrons towards the axis of said solid conducting cylindercausing a population of negatively charged electrons to assemble in thecentral volumetric region of said solid conducting cylinder leaving thesurface of said solid conducting cylinder positively charged, andwherein as the rotational angular frequency of said spinning rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly begins to decrease due to friction, saidsecond magnetic field B₂ begins to decrease with time, and the magneticflux through said area A due to said second magnetic field B₂ begins todecrease with time, and Faraday's Law produces an electric field E thatcirculates around said spinning rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly witha circulation sense which is in the same direction as said spinningrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly when viewed from the first end ofsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end of saidrigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly, and said circulating electric fieldexerts a force on the surface of solid conducting cylinder which ispositively charged, and said force on the surface of said solidconducting cylinder results in a mechanical torque on said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly which serves to keep it spinning in thedirection it is already spinning, and this being a manifestation ofpositive electro-mechanical feedback in a Homopolar DC electricgenerator, and the foregoing being a Homopolar DC electric generatorwith both positive electromechanical and electro-magnetic feedback, andsaid solid conducting cylinder is composed of a conducting form ofcarbon or a conducting carbon compound wherein the charge carrier is theelectron.
 45. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 40 furtherincluding the constraint that said conducting path is composed of amaterial which has low electrical resistance where in as said electronsin said conducting path experience a deflection from said first Lorentzforce said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly experiences an impulse ofangular momentum in the direction said rigid shaft-coil-cylinderassembly is already spinning thus manifesting a Homopolar DC electricgenerator with two forms of electro-mechanical feedback.
 46. Thehomopolar DC electric generator of claim 40 further including means fordelivering the flow of said electrons in said coil out of said coil andinto an electrical device which functions when electrons flow throughit.
 47. The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 40 furtherincluding means for delivering the electrical energy within said coildue to the flow of said electrons in said coil out of said coil and intoan electrical device which functions by way of electrical energy. 48.The homopolar DC electric generator of claim 40 wherein a diode isplaced in said conductive path, and said diode is placed with the biasdirection so that electrons can only flow in one direction, and saiddiode has a bias to allow electrons to flow through said conductive pathin the opposite directional sense that said rigid shaft-coil-cylinderassembly is spinning, whereas if one looks at said conducting path in adirection from the first end of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assemblytowards the second end of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly andsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly is spinning counterclockwise,said diode is placed in said conducting path with a bias to allowelectrons to flow in the clockwise direction as viewed from the firstend of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end ofsaid rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly, and again if one looks at saidconducting path in a direction from the first end of said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly towards the second end of said rigidshaft-coil-cylinder assembly and said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assemblyis spinning clockwise, said diode is placed in said conducting path witha bias to allow electrons to flow in the counterclockwise direction asviewed from the first end of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assemblytowards the second end of said rigid shaft-coil-cylinder assembly,whereas said diode minimizes negative electro-magnetic feedback in saidDC Homopolar generator.